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James Hilton was an English novelist best remembered for several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. He also wrote Hollywood screenplays.



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✵ 9. September 1900 – 20. December 1954

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Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
James Hilton
Random Harvest
James Hilton
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
James Hilton
Random Harvest
James Hilton
James Hilton: 5 quotes1 like

Famous James Hilton Quotes

“People make mistakes in life through believing too much, but they have a damned dull time if they believe too little.”

James Hilton book Lost Horizon

Source: Lost Horizon

“The right mixture of caring and not caring - I suppose that's what love is.”

James Hilton

Source: Nothing So Strange

“Have you ever been going somewhere with a crowd and you're certain it's the wrong road and you tell them, but they won't listen, so you just have to plod along in what you know is the wrong direction till somebody more important gets the same idea?”

James Hilton Random Harvest

Source: Random Harvest

“There's only one thing more important… and that is, after you've done what you set out to do, to feel that it's been worth doing.”

James Hilton Random Harvest

Source: Random Harvest

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