The House of the Four Winds Quotes

“I have to consider the honour of my house.'
'Honour?' Jaikie queried.
'Yes, honour,' said Ashie severely. 'Have you anything to say against it?'
'N-o-o. But it’s an awkward word and apt to obscure reason.'
'It is a very real thing, which you English do not understand.'
'We understand it well enough, but we are shy of talking about it.”
― John Buchan, The House of the Four Winds

“Five reasonably intelligent men sat in a stupor of impotence, repeating wearily the essentials of a problem which they could not solve.”
― John Buchan, The House of the Four Winds

“Well, she is my most beloved and adored kinswoman, and for her sake I would commit most crimes.”
― John Buchan, The House of the Four Winds