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Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes

All encounters with children are touched with social embarrassment Picture Quote #1

One need not write in a diary what one is to remember for ever Picture Quote #1

Love amazes, but it does not surprise Picture Quote #1

When I die, I hope to think I have annoyed a great many people Picture Quote #1

Happy is the day whose history is not written down Picture Quote #1

But what are wishes, compared with longings? Picture Quote #1

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No one wants to be praised for possibilities when one has submitted performances Picture Quote #1

Reason is a poor hand at prophecies Picture Quote #1

And another day is tucked under my wing Picture Quote #1

Happiness is an immunity Picture Quote #1

One cannot revoke a true happiness Picture Quote #1

I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementarily adjusted, their blue eyes blinking open on a single thought of when I shall remember it’s their supper time. They might have been composed by Bach for two flutes Picture Quote #1

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Anticipation of pleasure is a pleasure in itself Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t educated. I was very lucky Picture Quote #1

Cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures Picture Quote #1

One reason why my memory decays is that I have three cats, all so loving and insistent that they play cat’s-cradle with every train of thought. They drove me distracted while I was having influenza, gazing at me with large eyes and saying: O Sylvia, you are so ill, you’ll soon be dead. And who will feed us then? Feed us now! Picture Quote #1

In the morning I had decided that henceforth I only cared for easy loves. It is so degrading to have to persuade people into liking one, or one’s works Picture Quote #1

Can you suggest any suitable aspersions to spread abroad about Mrs. Thatcher? It is idle to suggest she has unnatural relations with Mrs. Barbara Castle; what is needed is something socially lower: that she eats asparagus with knife and fork, or serves instant mash potatoes Picture Quote #1

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There are not enough poems in praise of bed Picture Quote #1

I do apologize for writing by hand - and so badly. I shall soon be like Helen Thomas, notoriously illegible. In her last letter only two words stood out plain: ‘Blood pressure.’ Subsequent research demonstrated that what she had actually written was ‘Beloved friends Picture Quote #1

My grandmother was unsurpassable at sitting. She would sit on tombstones, glaciers, small hard benches with ants crawling over them, fragments of public monuments, other people’s wheelbarrows, and when one returned one could be sure of finding her there, conversing affably with the owner of the wheelbarrow Picture Quote #1

... Rembrandt is not a painter at all. He is a creator, who creates his beings, three dimensional living beings, on a two-dimensional flat surface which acts as a mute, and enforces silence on them Picture Quote #1

I seem to use this word ‘kind’ very frequently. When one is unhappy or anxious it is a quality one dwells on Picture Quote #1

Children driven good are apt to be driven mad Picture Quote #1

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The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon Picture Quote #1

... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer Picture Quote #1

Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire Picture Quote #1

Wealth, if not a mere flash in the pan, compels the wealthy to become wealthier Picture Quote #1

To think of losing is to lose already Picture Quote #1

Truth has beauty, power, and necessity Picture Quote #1

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All encounters with children are touched with social embarrassment (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) One need not write in a diary what one is to remember for ever (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Love amazes, but it does not surprise (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) When I die, I hope to think I have annoyed a great many people (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Happy is the day whose history is not written down (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) But what are wishes, compared with longings? (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) No one wants to be praised for possibilities when one has submitted performances (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Reason is a poor hand at prophecies (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) And another day is tucked under my wing (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Happiness is an immunity (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) One cannot revoke a true happiness (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementarily adjusted, their blue eyes blinking open on a single thought of when I shall remember it’s their supper time. They might have been composed by Bach for two flutes (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Anticipation of pleasure is a pleasure in itself (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I wasn’t educated. I was very lucky (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Cooking is the most succulent of human pleasures (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) One reason why my memory decays is that I have three cats, all so loving and insistent that they play cat’s-cradle with every train of thought. They drove me distracted while I was having influenza, gazing at me with large eyes and saying: O Sylvia, you are so ill, you’ll soon be dead. And who will feed us then? Feed us now! (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) In the morning I had decided that henceforth I only cared for easy loves. It is so degrading to have to persuade people into liking one, or one’s works. (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Can you suggest any suitable aspersions to spread abroad about Mrs. Thatcher? It is idle to suggest she has unnatural relations with Mrs. Barbara Castle; what is needed is something socially lower: that she eats asparagus with knife and fork, or serves instant mash potatoes (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) There are not enough poems in praise of bed (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I do apologize for writing by hand - and so badly. I shall soon be like Helen Thomas, notoriously illegible. In her last letter only two words stood out plain: ‘Blood pressure.’ Subsequent research demonstrated that what she had actually written was ‘Beloved friends (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) My grandmother was unsurpassable at sitting. She would sit on tombstones, glaciers, small hard benches with ants crawling over them, fragments of public monuments, other people’s wheelbarrows, and when one returned one could be sure of finding her there, conversing affably with the owner of the wheelbarrow (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) ... Rembrandt is not a painter at all. He is a creator, who creates his beings, three dimensional living beings, on a two-dimensional flat surface which acts as a mute, and enforces silence on them (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I seem to use this word ‘kind’ very frequently. When one is unhappy or anxious it is a quality one dwells on (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Children driven good are apt to be driven mad (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) ... possessiveness cannot accept; it cannot even strike a fair bargain; it has to confer (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Wealth, if not a mere flash in the pan, compels the wealthy to become wealthier (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) To think of losing is to lose already (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Truth has beauty, power, and necessity (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes)

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