Cheng Phil

“A fool tries to look different: a clever man looks the same and is different.”
― John Buchan, The 39 Steps

“I am an ordinary sort of fellow, not braver than other people, but I hate to see a good man downed, and that long knife would not be the end of Scudder if I could play the game in his place.”
― John Buchan, The 39 Steps

“It was a soft breathless June morning, with a promise of sultriness later...”
― John Buchan, The 39 Steps

“It struck me that Albania was the sort of place that might keep a man from yawning.”
― John Buchan, The 39 Steps