Hatter's Castle Quotes

“I always stumble awkwardly with my clumsy tongue.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“A tragedy can make some people sober, but for him, it drives in the opposite direction”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“You and I are birds that don't fly together.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“A good horse doesn't need spurs.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“With his bragging is just like with the meat of salmon: if you eat him by a bit - it pleases; but, if it's served you constantly, then it, really, get's you tired of it.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“You have the courage of a lion, strength like a bull and the pride like a devil”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“The face was that of a madonna but the hands, red, conspicuous, coarse-grained, and slightly swollen, were the hands of a servant; and if it was suffering which had sublimated the face to a more exquisite beauty, the hands spoke eloquently of bitter toil that had blemished them into this pathetic, contrasting ugliness.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“The three-twenty train from Glasgow to Ardfillan, the first half of the journey accomplished successfully, had left Overton behind, and traversing the low, dripping, smoke-filled arches of Kilmaheu Tunnel, emerged into the breezy March afternoon with a short, triumphant whistle, that sent a streamer of steam swirling behind the engine like a pennant, and presently began to coast gently down the slight incline of the track, which marked the approach to Levenford Station.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle

“What manner of house was this? he asked himself, and what manner of people? The mother, the son, yes, even that poor child Mary, all were terrified of the one omnipotent being, the master of the house, this outrageous Brodie.”
― A.J. Cronin, Hatter's Castle