Too much thought is bad for the soul, for art, and for crime. It is also a sign of middle age.
Patrick HamiltonIt was not so much what Vicki did that night: it was what she said. It was not so much her behaviour: it was her vocabulary!
Patrick HamiltonThe meal was breakfast: the subject, utility clothing. 'As for the stuff they're turning out for men nowadays,' said Mr Thwaites bitterly, 'I wouldn't give it to my Valet.'
Mr Thwaites' valet was quite an old friend. An unearthly, flitting presence, whose shape, character, age, and appearance could only be dimly conceived, he had been turning up every now and again ever since Miss Roach had known Mr Thwaites. Mostly he was summoned into being as one from whom all second-rate, shoddy, or inferior articles were withheld. But sometimes things were good enough for Mr Thwaites' valet, but would not do for Mr Thwaites.
The Law saith, Where is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction? The Gospel saith, Christ is thy righteousness, goodness, and satisfaction.
Patrick HamiltonTag: gospel inspirational-religious reformation
He had further narrowed his mind by a considerable amount of travel abroad, where he had again always made his way to the small hotels.
Patrick HamiltonShe was decidedly attractive, he saw, but in an ill-natured, ungracious way. Because of his connection with Fitzgerald, Carstairs
Patrick HamiltonTag: women blood cocoa shoals street-walkers
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Only at dawn should a man awake from excess - at dawn agleam with red and sorrowful resolve.
Patrick HamiltonGod help us, God help all of us, each one, every one, all of us'. Patrick Hamilton at the concusion of 'The Slaves of Solitude'.
Patrick HamiltonTag: tragic dark-comedy
Though it had no wide reputation, all manner of people frequented 'The Midnight Bell.' This was in its nature, of course, since it is notorious that all manner of people frequent all manner of public-houses - which in this respect resemble railway stations and mad-houses.
Patrick Hamilton[...] at any rate there is nothing in the world more dreary, damping, and obscurely perturbing than to come out of a cinema in the afternoon to a noisy world.
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