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Wilkie Collins quotes

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“the books—the generous friends who met me without suspicion—the merciful masters who never used me ill!” Wilkie Collins, Armadale
“Any woman who is sure of her own wits is a match at any time for a man who is not sure of his own temper.” Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
“My hour for tea is half-past five, and my buttered toast waits for nobody.” Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
“No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman.” Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

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