Quotes by John Collier, Fancies and Goodnights

“Franklin Fletcher dreamed of luxury in the form of tiger-skins and beautiful women. He was prepared, at a pinch, to forgo the tiger-skins. Unfortunately the beautiful women seemed equally rare and ...”

“Their laughter was like the stridulation of the ghosts of grasshoppers.”

“How happy I might be, if only she was less greedy, better tempered, not addicted to raking up old grudges, more affectionate, with slightly yellower hair, slimmer, and about twenty years younger! B...”

“Just behind his jaw bones a tiny movement was perceptible, like the movement of gills in a fish.”