3 Quotes & Sayings By James Ferron Anderson

James Ferron Anderson was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the First World War, and after the war he worked as a freelance journalist in France, Italy, Spain and the UK. He married in 1923. His first novel, The Silver Flash (1926), was published by John Lane of Bodley Head Read more

Anderson's other novels include: The Green Mantle (1928), The White Rose (1930), Sharp's Fortune (1932), Hunted to Death (1934), England's Glory (1936), The Long Road to Baghdad (1937), England's Glory Revisited (1938), The Last of England (1939), England's Glory at War 1939-1945 (1945). Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ferron_Anderson

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Where has Arnold been?’ I said. ‘.. the Westwoods get in the papers.’‘ Patting the orphans.’‘ Getting homes for the homeless.’‘ Legs for the legless.’ She was laughing as she said it.‘ Blind dogs, ’ I said. ‘Dogs for the blind, that is.’‘ Patting blind dogs.’ We both laughed and drank. ‘Getting legs for them.’‘ Homes for legless, blind orphan dogs.’ Maybe we were both a little drunk, on bourbon or on the past. James Ferron Anderson
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A well-adjusted person wouldn't talk much. There's not a lot to be said about most of life. Most days, weeks, years, lives, nothing happens... and still we carry on chattering at each other. James Ferron Anderson