Quote#Hope
"Have you any ghosts at Okehurst, by the way?" I asked. The place…
Quote byVernon Lee · 1856–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Phantom Lover (1886) ch. 2, pp. 41–2.
English (original)
"Have you any ghosts at Okehurst, by the way?" I asked. The place seemed as if it required some to complete it." "I hope not," answered Oke, gravely. His gravity made me smile. "Why, would you dislike it if there were?" I asked. "If there are such things as ghosts," he replied," I don't think they should be taken lightly. God would not permit them to be, except as a warning or a punishment."
— Vernon Lee
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