John Buchan

There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.

The only thing that made me remember I was a British officer was the photograph of the girl I loved.

Fear is the deadliest enemy of truth.

I have sometimes thought that there is a malign force loose in the world, that works silently and unswervingly to achieve its ends.

A man's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another drink.

I shall begin to-day calmly and quietly like a man who is no longer harassed by impatience.

The only thing that enabled him to endure those hours of acute mental torture was the knowledge that his enemies were suffering equally.

It's a queer trade, but I have a sort of knack of thinking myself right inside folk like these.

I was feeling pretty sick and tired, but I wasn't sorry I had come.

For you and me, a man needs a bit of the devil.

I have a kind of intuition that way. When I'm on a scent, I don't give up easily.

There are things going on in this country that no common man knows about.