In times of horror and torment prayer is a great thing Nobody answers But at least it stops you from thinking.

- George Macdonald Fraser

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.

- George Macdonald Fraser

I've been a Danish prince, a Texas slave-dealer, an Arab sheik, a Cheyenne Dog Soldier, and a Yankee navy lieutenant in my time, among other things, …

- George Macdonald Fraser

I'm as religious as the next man - which is to say I'll keep in with the local parson for form's sake and read the lessons on feast-days because my t…

- George Macdonald Fraser

There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship.

- George Macdonald Fraser

If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though min…

- George Macdonald Fraser

Looking back over sixty-odd years, life is like a piece of string with knots in it, the knots being those moments that live in the mind forever, and …

- George Macdonald Fraser