"Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it." — Douglas William Jerrold

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face

Source: Prospice (1864)

The horror! The horror!

Source: Heart of Darkness (1899)

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything

Douglas William Jerrold Quote