Anna Katharine Green Quotes

• There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Artist, Two, Desire

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE DETECTIVE EBENEZER GRYCE MYSTERIES – Complete Collection: 11 Mystery Novels in One Volume: New York Murder-Mysteries: The Leavenworth Case, A Strange Disappearance, The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, Hand and Ring, That Affair Next Door, Lost Man’s Lane, The Circular Study, One of My Sons…”, p.701, e-artnow

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• There is no suffering like a child's, terrified by a secret which it dare not for some reason disclose.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Children, Secret, Suffering

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE CASES OF VIOLET STRANGE - Complete Mystery Collection: Whodunit Classics: The Golden Slipper, The Second Bullet, An Intangible Clue, The Grotto Spectre, The Dreaming Lady, The House of Clocks, Missing: Page Thirteen Violet's Own…”, p.197, e-artnow

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• The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Way, Never Forget, Fingers

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “The Leavenworth Case”, p.104, Anna Katharine Green

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• It was the smile which runs before a promise.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Running, Promise

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “The House of the Whispering Pines”, p.258, Anna Katharine Green

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• It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Men, Intelligence, Wit

  Anna Katharine Green (2003). “That Affair Next Door and Lost Man’s Lane”, p.18, Duke University Press

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• The very shadows seem to listen.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Shadow, Seems

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• Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Adventure, Feels, Capable

  Anna Katharine Green (2003). “That Affair Next Door and Lost Man’s Lane”, p.27, Duke University Press

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• faces deceive, and the loveliness of youth is not like the loveliness of age - an absolute mirror of the soul within.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Mirrors, Soul, Age

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE DETECTIVE EBENEZER GRYCE MYSTERIES – Complete Collection: 11 Mystery Novels in One Volume: New York Murder-Mysteries: The Leavenworth Case, A Strange Disappearance, The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, Hand and Ring, That Affair Next Door, Lost Man’s Lane, The Circular Study, One of My Sons…”, p.2348, e-artnow

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• The hand will often reveal more than the countenance.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Hands, Countenance

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE DETECTIVE EBENEZER GRYCE MYSTERIES – Complete Collection: 11 Mystery Novels in One Volume: New York Murder-Mysteries: The Leavenworth Case, A Strange Disappearance, The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, Hand and Ring, That Affair Next Door, Lost Man’s Lane, The Circular Study, One of My Sons…”, p.29, e-artnow

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• Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?

  Anna Katharine Green

  Suffering, Apathy, Existence

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “THE FORSAKEN INN (Gothic Mystery Classic): Historical Thriller: Intriguing Novel Featuring Dark Events Surrounding a Mysterious Murder”, p.47, e-artnow

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• He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Sympathy, Condolences, Feet

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• a woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.

  Anna Katharine Green

  Secret, May, Safe

  Anna Katharine Green (2016). “DETECTIVE MYSTERIES Premium Collection: 48 Thriller Novels & Detective Tales in One Volume: That Affair Next Door, Lost Man’s Lane, The Circular Study, The Mill Mystery, The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow, The Millionaire Baby, The Mayor’s Wife, The House of the Whispering Pines…”, p.712, e-artnow

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