The White Mountains Quotes

“If one is seeking reasons for disloyalty, it is useful to find something one can resent.”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“Have you many friends Will?"

"No. Not many."

"A good answer. For he that proclaims many friends declares that he has none”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“Their perfume a ghost of summers long ago.”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“...nothing was of value, without a mind that challenged and inquired.”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“Thinking of this, I saw how good things could be meaningless in isolation. What value did courage have, without a free and challenging mind to direct it?”
― John Christopher, Tripods: The White Mountains: Book 1

“It was a kind of rapt devotion, the expression of someone who hugs in secret her hearts desire.”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains

“A man impatient of foolishness in others may yet have fallibilities of his own.”
― John Christopher, The White Mountains