When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

—Ann Radcliffe

About Ann Radcliffe

Ann Radcliffe (née Ward; 9 July 1764 – 7 February 1823) was an English novelist and poet who pioneered the Gothic novel. Her fourth and most popular novel, The Mysteries of Udolpho, was published in 1794. She is also remembered for her third novel, The Romance of the Forest (1791)...

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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

—Ann Radcliffe

It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!

—Ann Radcliffe

A well-informed mind is the best security against the contagion of folly and of vice. The vacant mind is ever on the watch for relief, and ready to plunge into error, to escape from the languor of idleness.

—Ann Radcliffe

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

—Ann Radcliffe

What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?

—Ann Radcliffe

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When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

—Ann Radcliffe

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

—André Maurois

I'm afraid I'm being an awful nuisance.

—Edith Sitwell

Ask a deeply religious Christian if he'd rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don't seem so bad lately.

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Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.

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