Author: Nevil Shute

Cites

• T. S. Eliot (1)
  • IN: On the Beach (1957) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.
    FROM: The Hollow Men, (1925), Poem, UK
• Bible (1)
  • IN: What Happened to the Corbetts (1939) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Good luck have thou with thine honour: ride on, because of the word of truth, of meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach the terrible things.
    FROM: Bible, Psalm 45, (-165), Bible, NULL
• W. B. Yeats (1)
  • IN: A Town Like Alice (1950) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true; But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
    FROM: When You Are Old, (1893), Poem, Ireland
• NULL (1)
  • IN: Trustee from the Toolroom (1960) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: An engineer is a man who can do for five bob what any bloody fool can do for a quid.
    FROM: Dictionary definition, (None), Definition, NULL
• Rudyard Kipling (1)
  • IN: Marazan (1926) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock, It is their care that the gear engages, it is their care that the switches lock.
    FROM: The Sons of Martha, (1907), NULL, UK