People in England who do not like gardening are very few, and of the few there are, many do not own to it, knowing that they might just as well own to having been in prison, or got drunk at… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are about the only people who are interested in children, and they merely in their own ones. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
People in England who do not like gardening are very few, and of the few there are, many do not own to it, knowing… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take? — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
A child with an intense capacity for feeling can suffer to a degree that is beyond any degree of adult suffering, because imagination, ignorance,… — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton. — E. M. Delafield Copy Share Image
