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Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes

The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you Picture Quote #1

There is a moral, of course, and like all morals it is better not pursued Picture Quote #1

Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable Picture Quote #1

Those who spend their strength in field and factory would rather hear that their emancipation is bound to come than that it is something to be hazardously purchased by struggle and sacrifice Picture Quote #1

Love is the only real patriation, and without one’s dear one sits in a dreary and boring exile Picture Quote #1

I feel domesticity just slipping off me. It is a choice. Either one can let it go or one can intensify it. The people who intensify it seem to get quite a lot of interest out of that, too, and are as preoccupied as pirates Picture Quote #1

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Rouen shone in dark sunlight and a storm swept it away from my eyes and churned up the broad river with waves which pounced up like cats as our train drew out of the arches of the bridge Picture Quote #1

Only two things are real to me: my love and my death. In between them, I merely exist as a scatter of senses 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

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author Picture Quote #1

Oh, I am all for singing. If I had had children I should have hounded them into choirs and choral societies, and if they weren’t good enough for that, I would have sent them out, to sing in the streets Picture Quote #1

To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences grits that smooth sliding fall, no recollection of disillusionment blurs that pure desire Picture Quote #1

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One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects Picture Quote #1

I wish I could be a grandmother. It is wanton extravagance to have had a youth with no one to tell of it to when one grows old Picture Quote #1

I have an idea that conscience impedes quite as many merits as faults, is a sort of alloy, a nickel which may prevent silver from bending but also prevents it from shining Picture Quote #1

The body, after all, older and wiser than soul, being first created, and, like a good horse, if given its way would go home by the best path and at the right pace Picture Quote #1

You are only young once. At the time it seems endless, and is gone in a flash; and then for a very long time you are old Picture Quote #1

How dreadful it is that because of our wills we can never love anything without messing it around! We couldn’t even love a tree, a stone even; for sooner or later we should be pruning the tree or chipping a bit off the stone Picture Quote #1

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It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies Picture Quote #1

Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not Picture Quote #1

One doesn’t become a witch to run around being helpful either…. It’s to escape all that – to have a life of one’s own, not an existence doled out to you by others, charitable refuse of their thoughts, so many ounces of stale bread of life a day Picture Quote #1

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The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) There is a moral, of course, and like all morals it is better not pursued (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Of all damnable offenses preaching prudence to the young is the most damnable (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Those who spend their strength in field and factory would rather hear that their emancipation is bound to come than that it is something to be hazardously purchased by struggle and sacrifice (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Love is the only real patriation, and without one’s dear one sits in a dreary and boring exile (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I feel domesticity just slipping off me. It is a choice. Either one can let it go or one can intensify it. The people who intensify it seem to get quite a lot of interest out of that, too, and are as preoccupied as pirates (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Rouen shone in dark sunlight and a storm swept it away from my eyes and churned up the broad river with waves which pounced up like cats as our train drew out of the arches of the bridge (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Only two things are real to me: my love and my death. In between them, I merely exist as a scatter of senses (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) For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Oh, I am all for singing. If I had had children I should have hounded them into choirs and choral societies, and if they weren’t good enough for that, I would have sent them out, to sing in the streets (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) To one who has led a virtuous life, to sin is the easiest thing in the world. No experience of unpleasant consequences grits that smooth sliding fall, no recollection of disillusionment blurs that pure desire (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more industry and energy to expend on hating. They build it up like coral insects (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I wish I could be a grandmother. It is wanton extravagance to have had a youth with no one to tell of it to when one grows old (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) I have an idea that conscience impedes quite as many merits as faults, is a sort of alloy, a nickel which may prevent silver from bending but also prevents it from shining (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) The body, after all, older and wiser than soul, being first created, and, like a good horse, if given its way would go home by the best path and at the right pace (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) You are only young once. At the time it seems endless, and is gone in a flash; and then for a very long time you are old (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) How dreadful it is that because of our wills we can never love anything without messing it around! We couldn’t even love a tree, a stone even; for sooner or later we should be pruning the tree or chipping a bit off the stone (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) Young people are careless of their virginity; one day they may have it and the next not (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes) One doesn’t become a witch to run around being helpful either…. It’s to escape all that – to have a life of one’s own, not an existence doled out to you by others, charitable refuse of their thoughts, so many ounces of stale bread of life a day (Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes)

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