Quotes by : A.E. Coppard

If he was not exactly a Spartan, he was, you might say, spartanatical. Things happened to you; they were....

Humph,' he said, with a disagreeable air, 'the universe does its work very quietly.' (“The Bogey Man”)....

All the best women are married, yes, they are - to all the worst men' There was an infinite slow caress....

Pedersen was always wooing her. Sometimes he was gracious and kind, but at other times when his failure....

Holiness was always something richly dim.

Blood is thicker than water, I know, but it's unnatural stuff to drink so much of. (“The Wife Of Ted....

To analyze or assess a person's failings or deficiencies,' he declared to himself, 'is useless, not because....

Mothers are inscrutable beings to their sons, always. ("The Higgler")

Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or....

O, sir,' murmured Sheila, still on her knees, 'please forgive me.''Forgive you! 0, la, la, la!' cunningly....