Crooked House quotes

They do share one or two traits. Vanity. A distorted morality. A lack of empathy. And murderers tend to feel that they are above the rules and laws that govern ordinary mortals.

Charles Hayward

A little man, Mr. Hayward, who cast a large shadow. A very large and rather crooked shadow.

Lady Edith de Haviland

Grandfather said fortunes don't last if they get split between the weak members of a family. They should be concentrated in the hands of the strong.

Sophia de Haviland