Susan Howatch Quotes

What a bloody jungle income tax is! It's a wonder we don't all go on strike and refuse to pay.

But magic can't operate without a magician, and being a magician can beat a man to his knees.

There are standards of immorality as well as standards of morality, Robert. Make sure yours are high.

Distrust grows out of lies. Wrong-doing grows out of distrust. Tragedy grows out of wrong-doing. But out of honesty grows love and love's so powerful, it'll be like a suit of armour, protecting Robert, protecting you.

Ghosts, unshriven souls, psychological hang-ups — they all exist in the mind to put people through hell — they're just different ways [...] of looking at a given situation.