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Don't play for safety. It's the most dangerous thing in the world.

Hugh Walpole

I am asking you again to marry me as I did a fortnight ago.

Hugh Walpole

Over this country, when the giant Eagle flings the shadow of his wing, the land is darkened. So compact is it that the wing covers all its extent in one pause of the flight. The sea breaks on the pale line of the shore; to the Eagle's proud glance waves run in to the foot of the hills that are like rocks planted in green water.

Hugh Walpole

Tisn't life that matters! 'Tis the courage you bring to it.

Hugh Walpole

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things well.

Hugh Walpole

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another human being with whom one's relationship has a glowing depth, beauty, and joy as the years increase. This inner progressiveness of love between two human beings is a most marvelous thing, it cannot be found by looking for it or by passionately wishing for it. It is a sort of Divine accident.

Hugh Walpole

The happiest people I have known in this world have been the Saints-and, after these, the men and women who get immediate and conscious enjoyment from little things.

Hugh Walpole

Hugh Walpole

Hugh Walpole

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Born: March 13, 1884

Died: June 1, 1941 (aged 57)

Bio: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett.

Known for:

Rogue Herries (1930)
The Herries chronicle (1939)
Judith Paris (1931)
Fortitude (1913)
The bright pavilions (1940)

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