Gilbert Parker

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

— Gilbert Parker

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

— Gilbert Parker

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay waste the pasture; it comforteth when there are no medicines; it hath the relish of manna; and by it do men live in the desert.

— Gilbert Parker

That which is loved may pass, but love hath no end.

— Gilbert Parker

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing is easily over; but to have a sick heart for three-fourths of one's lifetime is simply to have death renewed every morning; and life at that price is not worth living.

— Gilbert Parker

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

— Gilbert Parker

It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them.

— Gilbert Parker

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

— Gilbert Parker

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

— Gilbert Parker

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are clever never think of trying to be.

— Gilbert Parker

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

— Gilbert Parker

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

— Gilbert Parker