# Quote — John Wyndham, The Wanderers of Time

> It is a funny thing that for most men the whitest conscience is no protection from some apprehension in the presence of the police.

- Author: [John Wyndham](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham.md)
- Book: [The Wanderers of Time](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-wanderers-of-time.md)
- Page: 83
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-wanderers-of-time/it-is-a-funny

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> She showed all that maternal solicitude which so oddly hopes that its child will be outstanding while being absolutely normal, distinguished while being indistinguishable.

p. 99 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-wanderers-of-time/she-showed-all.md)

> "There's plenty o' chaps full of book learnin' an' unemployed with it."

p. 108 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-wanderers-of-time/theres-plenty-o-chaps.md)

> "The fact that we don't know how to do it doesn't prove its impossibility."

p. 127 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/john-wyndham/the-wanderers-of-time/the-fact-that.md)