Quotes by : Mary Elizabeth Braddon

And thus they form a perfect group; he walks back two or three paces, selects his point of sight, and....

You seem to have quite a taste for discussing these horrible subjects," she said, rather scornfully;....

. . . and he knew that our dreams are none the less terrible to lose, because they have never been the....

The Eastern potentate who declared that women were at the bottom of all mischief, should have gone a....

That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise....

. . . when the horror of his grief was new to him, and every object in life, however trifling or however....

Exceptional talent does not always win its reward unless favoured by exceptional circumstances.

Do you think I will suffer myself to be baffled?

Phoebe Marks was a person who never lost her individuality. Silent and self-contained, she seemed to....

Surely a pretty woman never looks prettier than when making tea.