“When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.”
“When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
“When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: his sins were scarlet, but his books were read.”
“Bar a weekly wrestle with the "Pink 'Un" and an occasional dip into the form book I'm not much of a lad for reading, and my sufferings as I tackled The Woman (curse her!) Who Braved All were pretty fearful.”
“We only said goodbye with words I died a hundred time, you go back to her and I go back to black...”
“He is still, at times, astonished by her. She may be the most intelligent woman in England, he thinks. Her books may be read for centuries.”