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> [A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/a-thirteen-year-old-is-a-kaleidoscope-of-different-personalities-if/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

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## More by Jessica Mitford

> [I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/i-discovered-that-human-nature-was-not-as-i-had-always-supposed-a/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Alas, poor Yorick! How surprised he would be to see how his counterpart of today is whisked off to a funeral parlor and is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/alas-poor-yorick-how-surprised-he-would-be-to-see-how-his-counterpart/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/you-may-not-be-able-to-change-the-world-but-at-least-you-can/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/picking-other-people-s-brains-is-an-art-worth-cultivating/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/a-thirteen-year-old-is-a-kaleidoscope-of-different-personalities-if/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [In childbirth, as in other human endeavors, fashions start with the rich, are then adopted by the aspirant middle class with an assist from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/in-childbirth-as-in-other-human-endeavors-fashions-start-with-the/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Now there is a society where the funeral industry got completely out of control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/now-there-is-a-society-where-the-funeral-industry-got-completely-out/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Objectivity? I've always had an objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/objectivity-i-ve-always-had-an-objective/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Funeralese has had its ups and downs. The word 'morticians,' first used in Embalmers Monthly for February, 1895, was barred by the Chicago Tribune…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/funeralese-has-had-its-ups-and-downs-the-word-morticians-first-used/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Objectivity? I always have an objective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/objectivity-i-always-have-an-objective/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [the whole point of muck-raking, apart from all the jokes, is to try to do something about what you've been writing about. You may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/the-whole-point-of-muck-raking-apart-from-all-the-jokes-is-to-try-to/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Things on the whole are faster in America; people don't stand for election, they run for office. If a person says he's sick, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/things-on-the-whole-are-faster-in-america-people-don-t-stand-for/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/gracious-dying-is-a-huge-macabre-and-expensive-joke-on-the-american/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/things-on-the-whole-are-much-faster-in-america-people-don-t-stand-for/)

[Jessica Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-mitford/)

> [Prison walls are meant not only to keep convicts in, but to keep the would-be investigator out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-mitford/prison-walls-are-meant-not-only-to-keep-convicts-in-but-to-keep-the/)

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