James Hilton
James Hilton
James Hiltonwas an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 September 1900
love caring valentines-day
The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.
heaven found ifs
if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without
people might too-much
Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?
dog swimming night
I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.
thinking matter doe
Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.
either information
They will see information about how to find an in-copyright work, either through a bookstore, a publisher or (the closest) library,
ideas choices important
Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?
believe attractive evidence
When it comes to believing things without actual evidence, we all incline to what we find most attractive.
believe too-much governing
We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much.
book people house
In a small cathedral town where changes are few, there are always people who remember who used to live in a particular house, what happened to them there and afterwards, and so on.
giving stories remarkable
It's a very remarkable story." "Remarkable's a well-chosen word. It doesn't give you away.
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We are confident that this project complies with copyright law. This project represents an enormous leap forward in the public's ability to search and find knowledge.