--- title: "1 Festive Spirit Quotes By Sarah Harrison" description: "1 Festive Spirit quotes by Sarah Harrison. Plus more from Sarah Harrison and more Festive Spirit sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/sarah-harrison-36440_family_to-look-forward-to-the-family-were-all-p_2315140.jpg" --- > [“to look forward to. The family were all present at the breakfast table, except Dulcie. Ralph, always a little crusty without his morning paper, observed Thea’s glance at the empty seat. ‘Your sister declines breakfast this morning,’ he said. ‘Happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/to-look-forward-to-the-family-were-all-present-at-the-breakfast-table/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/sarah-harrison-36440_family_to-look-forward-to-the-family-were-all-p_2315140.jpg) ## More by Sarah Harrison > [Whistle-blowing and publishing should not be seen as a crime, and certainly not as terrorism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/whistle-blowing-and-publishing-should-not-be-seen-as-a-crime-and/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [The concept of preserving history, collating full archives, making them as usable as possible so the public have access to them, I really feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/the-concept-of-preserving-history-collating-full-archives-making-them/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [My links to WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden mean I am treated as a threat and can't return to the U.K.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/my-links-to-wikileaks-and-edward-snowden-mean-i-am-treated-as-a/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [If Britain is going to investigate journalists as terrorists - take and destroy our documents, force us to give up passwords and answer questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/if-britain-is-going-to-investigate-journalists-as-terrorists-take-and/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [For future Snowdens, we want to show there is an organization that will do what we did for Snowden - as much as possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/for-future-snowdens-we-want-to-show-there-is-an-organization-that/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [The U.K. government has a responsibility to keep secrets in some circumstances. It also has a responsibility not to abuse that power for other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/the-u-k-government-has-a-responsibility-to-keep-secrets-in-some/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [Britain has a Terrorism Act, which has within it a portion called Schedule 7, which is quite unique. What it is is it gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/britain-has-a-terrorism-act-which-has-within-it-a-portion-called/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [“I hate to be a nag, but you have got to read. Like most authors, I run creative writing workshops from time to time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/i-hate-to-be-a-nag-but-you-have-got-to-read-like-most-authors-i-run/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [“to look forward to. The family were all present at the breakfast table, except Dulcie. Ralph, always a little crusty without his morning paper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/to-look-forward-to-the-family-were-all-present-at-the-breakfast-table/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [Saving Edward Snowden from prison is one of WikiLeaks' achievements of which I am most proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/saving-edward-snowden-from-prison-is-one-of-wikileaks-achievements-of/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [WikiLeaks, for me, has not only that element in it of journalism publishing, but also the way in which it does it, with its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/wikileaks-for-me-has-not-only-that-element-in-it-of-journalism/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [Free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in the U.K. I cannot return to England, my country, because of my journalistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/free-speech-and-freedom-of-the-press-are-under-attack-in-the-u-k-i/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) > [“No reading can be called a vice.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-harrison/no-reading-can-be-called-a-vice/) [Sarah Harrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-harrison/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/festive-spirit/sarah-harrison/#itemlist", "name": "1 Festive Spirit Quotes By Sarah Harrison", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“to look forward to. The family were all present at the breakfast table, except Dulcie. Ralph, always a little crusty without his morning paper, observed Thea’s glance at the empty seat. ‘Your sister declines breakfast this morning,’ he said. ‘Happy Christmas!’ ‘Happy Christmas!’ Thea kissed Venetia, helped herself to kidneys and bacon from the sideboard, and went to her place. Sophie was beside her. She wore her grey, reserved for religious feasts of the highest order. Thea thought, not for the first time, what a handsome woman her aunt was, and how well the grey became her. But the wearing of the grey did not automatically infuse Sophie’s bosom with the festive spirit. ‘Dulcie should eat a proper breakfast. Especially as we shall be attending matins and luncheon will be late,’ she told them. ‘She often goes without . . .’ Thea smiled placatingly. ‘It doesn’t seem to bother her. She has a tiny appetite.’ ‘We don’t eat purely to gratify our appetites, Thea. We eat to sustain ourselves. It would be more responsible if Dulcie were to have some breakfast.’ Ralph made an unnecessarily loud clatter with his cup and saucer. ‘You seem to be implying that Dulcie will get the vapours in church and embarrass us all,’ he said, not looking at his sister, but fixing the dregs of his tea with a basilisk stare. ‘If so, let me reassure you. I do not breed the kind of woman who swoons. My daughters are tough. They are known for it. Be comforted.’ Venetia tried to catch her husband’s eye, but failed, since he was now biting into his toast with vampire-like ferocity. Instead, with the smooth and graceful change of gear that typified her, she remarked, ‘We mustn’t be too long, if we’re to give the servants their presents in good time before the others arrive. Sophie, the handkerchiefs are exquisite. You’re so clever in that way.’ ‘Thank you. I hope they will be acceptable.’ ‘I know they will be. Such beautiful work.’ Thea watched for a moment as her mother kindly and expertly soothed Sophie. Poor Maurice; as usual, it was he who suffered in these confrontations. Now he sat rigidly upright, but with downcast eyes, his hands clasping the edge of the table as though it were all that mattered in the world. 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