James Hilton
James Hilton
James Hiltonwas an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth9 September 1900
book people house
In a small cathedral town where changes are few, there are always people who remember who used to live in a particular house, what happened to them there and afterwards, and so on.
comfortable all-things happens
There are times in life when the most comfortable thing is to do nothing at all. Things happen to you and you just let them happen.
flower son safety
This storm you talk of . . .t will be such a one, my son, as the world has not seen before. There will be no safety by arms, no help from authority, no answer in science. It will rage till every flower of culture is trampled, and all human things are leveled in a vast chaos.
country lovely lost
You will have Time, that rare and lovely gift that your Western countries have lost the more they have pursued it.
mistake believe people
People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.
important done feels
There's only one thing more important... and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.
teacher children war
If I had a child who wanted to be a teacher, I would bid him Godspeed as if he were going to war. For indeed the war against prejudice, greed, and ignorance is eternal, and those who dedicate themselves to it give their lives no less because they may live to see some fraction of the battle won.
love caring valentines-day
The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.
heaven found ifs
if we have not found the heaven within,we have not found the heaven without
people might too-much
Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers?
dog swimming night
I dislike organized games, swimming pools, fashionable resorts, night clubs, music in restaurants, and political manifestoes; I enjoy driving from coast to coast, good food and drink, a few friends, dogs, the theatre, long walks, music and free conversation.
thinking matter doe
Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren't things to think about any more. All that matters is value - the ultimate value of what one does.