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Hugh Walpole
6 quotes
“Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortitude (1913) First lines
“Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortitude (1913)
“The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things as well.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Reading : An Essay (1926); also quoted as a statement at Keswick, in The Education Outlook (1926) Vol. 78; this quote has often become misattributed to Horace Walpole, and misquoted as "...a thousand other things well".
“I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) first seen 1928 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wintersmoon (1928) First lines
“Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's proud glance waves run in to the foot of the hills that are like rocks planted in green water.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rogue Herries (1930) First lines
“The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.”
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941) said by 1941 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Wisdom for the Soul : Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing (2006) by Larry Chang, p. 597