"Comparative criticism teaches us that moral and aesthetic defects are more nearly related than is commonly supposed."

“People say friends don't destroy one another - what do they know about friends?”

“Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.”

“Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.”

Source : Life and Memoirs of John Churton Collins Appendix VII (quoted by L. C. Collins)

“Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men - particularly if they are married - knows how absurd is the idea of a worldwide secret conspiracy consciously controlling all mankind by its financial power; in real, clear analysis.”

Source : Oswald Mosley (2012). “My Life - Oswald Mosley”, p.361, Black House Publishing Ltd

“If you have been sunned through and through like an apricot on a wall from your earliest days, you are oversensitive to any withdrawal of heat.”

“The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.”

“If you have a connection to someone, it doesn't matter what their exterior is.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“Never is a long word.”

Source : Ivy Compton-Burnett (2011). “A Heritage and its History”, p.138, A&C Black