A Test of Wills Quotes

“Tell me something. Why is everyone so determined to believe Wilton is innocent?"

Surprised, Davies said, "He's a war hero isn't he? Admired by the King and a friend of the Prince of Wales. He's visited Sandringham, been received by Queen Mary herself! A man like that doesn’t go around killing people!"

With a wry downturn of his lips, Rutledge silently asked, How did he win his medals, you fool, if not by being so very damned good at killing?”
― Charles Todd, A Test of Wills

“Love teaches you humility—patience—understanding.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“It isn’t actually a question of guilt or innocence, is it? It’s a matter of what the jury believes, once we’ve told them what evidence there is on either side. Given the proper evidence, we could probably convict God. Without it, Lucifer himself would walk free!”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“And a man who likes his own company more than he ought is sometimes dangerous.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“It was human nature to color your moods and your conversations and your temperament to suit your company.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“her.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“once.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“I’ve learned that life is never what you expect it will be. Just as you come to the fringes of happiness, touching it, feeling it, tasting it—and desperately hoping for the rest of it—it’s jerked away.” “You have your art.” “Yes, but that’s a compulsion, not happiness. I paint because I must. I love because I want to be loved in return. Wanted to be.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“He knew what loss was, how the mind refuses to believe, the way the body aches with a need that can’t be satisfied, and the awful, endless desolation of the spirit.”
― Charles Todd, A Test Of Wills

“For a moment the man from London and the woman in mourning considered each other in silence, each gauging temperament from the slender evidence of appearance.”
― Charles Todd, A Test of Wills