The Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
A source page for quotes linked to Gilbert Parker.
“War was part chance, part common sense, part the pluck and luck of the devil.”
“Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.”
“It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.”
“Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.”
“But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.”
“Every shot that kills ricochets.”
“Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.”
“There is no influence like the influence of habit.”
“Ah, lady, when I gave my heart to thee, It passed into thy lifelong regency.”
“Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.”
“When a child is born the mother also is born again.”
“The real business of life is trying to understand each other.”
“That which is loved may pass, but love hath no end.”
“War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.”