Mr Finchley Takes the Road Quotes

“Life’s hard,” said Mr. Harricot slowly, “but it’s healthier that way. If you get what you wants too soon and too easy it only makes you dissatisfied with it.”
― Victor Canning, Mr Finchley Takes the Road

“They drank one another’s health like men who meet to part upon the dark paths of a great adventure.”
― Victor Canning, Mr Finchley Takes the Road

“Only silly people who never stop to think are afraid of death. It’s as stupid to talk of being scared of dying as it is to talk of being scared to be born. I like being alive, sir, and I mean to go on living as long as I can because this body is made to enjoy the things in this life, things like the sunshine on your hands and face and the smell of flowers and the sound of my old tabby cat purring away by the fire, but when I die I shall have another life and a different set of pleasures and pains.”
― Victor Canning, Mr Finchley Takes the Road