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> [“This was most alarming, what sort of terrible toil had deranged the poor woman? Would I also have to work day and night till I couldn't stop talking? Perhaps they made her shovel coal for a huge furnace, probably they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/this-was-most-alarming-what-sort-of-terrible-toil-had-deranged-the/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

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## More by Leonora Carrington

> [“I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/i-am-afraid-i-am-going-to-drift-into-fiction-truthful-but-incomplete/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [“Even though you won't believe me my story is beautiful And the serpent that sang it Sang it from out of the well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/even-though-you-won-t-believe-me-my-story-is-beautiful-and-the/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/reason-must-know-the-heart-s-reasons-and-every-other-reason/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/people-under-seventy-and-over-seven-are-very-unreliable-if-they-are/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [One is born, one lives, one dies. What death is, I don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/one-is-born-one-lives-one-dies-what-death-is-i-don-t-know/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [“Do not give up hope entirely in spite of the horror of your situation. I am mobilising all my mental capacities to obtain your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/do-not-give-up-hope-entirely-in-spite-of-the-horror-of-your-situation/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/one-has-to-be-careful-what-one-takes-when-one-goes-away-forever/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/wouldn-t-it-be-wonderful-if-i-won-a-helicopter-in-a-crossword-puzzle/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [“Darling stop being philosophical, it doesn’t suit you, it makes your nose red.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/darling-stop-being-philosophical-it-doesn-t-suit-you-it-makes-your/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/you-may-not-believe-in-magic-but-something-very-strange-is-happening/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/i-didn-t-have-time-to-be-anybody-s-muse-i-was-too-busy-rebelling/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [Painting is my vehicle of transit. I don't always know where I am going or what it means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/painting-is-my-vehicle-of-transit-i-don-t-always-know-where-i-am/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [ \[At age 92:\] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/at-age-92-there-are-places-i-d-like-to-return-to-but-not-as-i-was/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/i-didn-t-have-time-to-be-anyone-s-muse-i-was-too-busy-rebelling/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

> [What would anyone want to write about me for? I'm just an old lady.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonora-carrington/what-would-anyone-want-to-write-about-me-for-i-m-just-an-old-lady/)

[Leonora Carrington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonora-carrington/)

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