John Buchan Quotes

When a man comes out of great danger, he is apt to be a little deaf to the call of duty.

It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side.

I get into a tearing passion about something I know very little about, and when I learn more my passion ebbs away.

I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.

We can pay our debts to the past by putting the future in debt to ourselves.