“He broke away and hurried off. All that he had said had been spoken in a voice so low that only Sir Simon could have heard him. Yet the intensity in his voice had been terrific. Sir Simon felt as if an iron door had been suddenly flung open and had let out a red-hot blast from a furnace.”
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Robert Smythe Hichens (November 14, 1864 - July 20, 1950) was a British journalist and author best known for his satirical novel "The Green Carnation" (1894), which covertly satirized Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. Hichens also wrote poetry, including "The Ballad of the Goodly Fere," and worked as a journalist for various British publications during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. more
“Some people seem to want to dive deeply into the soul of another, swimming in their endlessness.”
“Passion keeps us alive, where inner (self) principle takes us to the reward.”
“Her hair was a beach of shimmering golden sand. Her body was a sea of broiling passion.”