Quotes from The Most Dangerous Game

Richard Connell ·  48 pages

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“There is no greater bore than perfection.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game


“Sometimes I think evil is a tangible thing - with wave lengths, just as sound and light have.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game


“The world is made up of two classes - the hunters and the huntees.”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game


“Don't talk rot, Whitney," said Rainsford. "You're a big-game hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a jaguar feels?”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game


“It's so dark," he thought, "that I could sleep without closing my eyes; the night would be my eyelids--”
― Richard Connell, quote from The Most Dangerous Game



About the author

Richard Connell
Born place: in Poughkeepsie, New York, The United States
Born date October 17, 1893
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