--- title: "1 Room Knew Quotes By John Meade Falkner" description: "1 Room Knew quotes by John Meade Falkner. Plus more from John Meade Falkner and more Room Knew sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/john-meade-falkner-39071_first-place_she-went-back-to-the-kitchen-for-the-kit_915332.jpg" --- > [“She went back to the kitchen, for the kitchen of the Hand of God was so large that Miss Joliffe and Anastasia used part of it for their sitting-room, took the pencil out of “Northanger Abbey,” and tried to transport…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/she-went-back-to-the-kitchen-for-the-kitchen-of-the-hand-of-god-was/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/john-meade-falkner-39071_first-place_she-went-back-to-the-kitchen-for-the-kit_915332.jpg) ## More by John Meade Falkner > [“We thought there was no more behind But such a day tomorrow as today And to be a boy eternal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/we-thought-there-was-no-more-behind-but-such-a-day-tomorrow-as-today/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“It is sad when man’s unhappiness veils from him the smiling face of nature. The promise of the early morning was maintained. The sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/it-is-sad-when-man-s-unhappiness-veils-from-him-the-smiling-face-of/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“Illusions connected with religion are generally most difficult to remove.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/illusions-connected-with-religion-are-generally-most-difficult-to/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“She went back to the kitchen, for the kitchen of the Hand of God was so large that Miss Joliffe and Anastasia used part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/she-went-back-to-the-kitchen-for-the-kitchen-of-the-hand-of-god-was/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“For Nature, if she once endows man or woman with romance, gives them so rich a store of it as shall last them, life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/for-nature-if-she-once-endows-man-or-woman-with-romance-gives-them-so/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“Westray remembered the organist’s manner in the church, and began to suspect that his mind was turned. The other read his thoughts, and said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/westray-remembered-the-organist-s-manner-in-the-church-and-began-to/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“Poverty’s a chilly theme,” he said; “let’s take something to warm us before we go on with the variations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/poverty-s-a-chilly-theme-he-said-let-s-take-something-to-warm-us/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“Is there any depression so deep as this? is there any night so dark as this first eclipse of the soul, this first conscious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/is-there-any-depression-so-deep-as-this-is-there-any-night-so-dark-as/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“He was in that broken mood for which the Middle Ages offered the cloister as a remedy; he felt the urgent need of sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/he-was-in-that-broken-mood-for-which-the-middle-ages-offered-the/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“A little later Anastasia was sitting before her bedroom fire writing. It has a magic of its own—the bedroom fire. Not such a one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/a-little-later-anastasia-was-sitting-before-her-bedroom-fire-writing/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) > [“...Will you not join me in a cup of cocoa? The kettle boils.” Mr Sharnall’s face fell. “You ought to have been an old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-meade-falkner/will-you-not-join-me-in-a-cup-of-cocoa-the-kettle-boils-mr-sharnall-s/) [John Meade Falkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-meade-falkner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/room-knew/john-meade-falkner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Room Knew Quotes By John Meade Falkner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She went back to the kitchen, for the kitchen of the Hand of God was so large that Miss Joliffe and Anastasia used part of it for their sitting-room, took the pencil out of “Northanger Abbey,” and tried to transport herself to Bath. 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