Quotes from book
The Wheel Spins

Ethel Lina White

The Wheel Spins is a 1936 mystery novel by British writer Ethel Lina White.

“Lost causes are the only causes worth fighting for.”

Ethel Lina White book The Wheel Spins

The Wheel Spins (1932), p 270.
A variation of this quote also appears in the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

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