Margery Allingham: Quotes about time

Margery Allingham was English writer of detective fiction. Explore interesting quotes on time.

Margery Allingham: 30 quotes1 like

“There were times when I wished I had been 'prenticed to a different trade. I was putting in seven hours a day on it. It was an odd life I was always hoping that the end of one thriller would not overtake me before I had finished the other.”

Margery Allingham

The Oaken Heart

“To be free takes a lot of time and trouble.”

Margery Allingham

The Oaken Heart

“Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.”

Margery Allingham

‘Flowers for the Judge’ (1936) ch. 4.
Fiction Writings

“As a nation, we English will fight and die for principles we cannot find time to teach in our free schools.”

Margery Allingham

The Oaken Heart