“The end of a novel, like the end of a children's dinner-party, must be made up of sweetmeats and sugar-plums.”

— Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers (1857), Chapter 53, "Conclusion"

About Anthony Trollope

1815 – 1882

English novelist, author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire.

“The best way to be thankful is to use the goods the gods provide you.”

“Those who have courage to love should have courage to suffer.”

“No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.”

“The central idea of poetry is the idea of guessing right, like a child.”

“To 'catch' a husband is an art; to 'hold' him is a job.”

“Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.”

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

“Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments.”

“Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.”