The Glass of Time Quotes

“Love can corrupt and destroy, distort and betray – this I know from my own bitter experience; but I now also know that, without love, we are nothing.”
― Michael Cox, The Glass of Time

“Italy!’ he exclaimed, throwing down the carriage window and breathing in a draught of the clear warm air. ‘The most beautiful, most noble country in the world! So much superior to France, in every way.”
― Michael Cox, The Glass of Time

“What did you do this morning, Alice?’ she asked when I entered, picking up a copy of Phoebus Daunt’s Epimetheus,* which had recently become a particular favourite of hers. ‘I spent the morning reading, my Lady.’ ‘And what were you reading?’ ‘Mr Wilkie Collins’s No Name, my Lady.”
― Michael Cox, The Glass of Time

“I spent the morning reading, my Lady.’ ‘And what were you reading?’ ‘Mr Wilkie Collins’s No Name, my Lady.’ She looked at me sourly.”
― Michael Cox, The Glass of Time