A. J. Cronin

“Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley. But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us.”

“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”

“You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.”

“Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them.”

“Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope.”

“Even if my country remains at war with yours . . . remember ... I am not your enemy.”