Agnes Repplier Quote

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an intelligent reader to lay down that book unfinished. There is a pardonable impression among reviewers that half an hour in its company is sufficient.

In the Dozy Hours (1894)

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an...

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an...

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an...

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be no easy matter for an...