--- title: "11 Surrey Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Surrey quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Surrey sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/lisa-jewell-6988_first_my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-londo_1934805.jpg" --- > [My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jewell/my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-london-and-made-me-live-in-the/) [Lisa Jewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-jewell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/lisa-jewell-6988_first_my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-londo_1934805.jpg) > [I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-gallacher/i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is-a-beautiful-and-quaint-village/) [Kirsty Gallacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-gallacher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/kirsty-gallacher-22714_beautiful_i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is_1388576.png) > [Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-betjeman/oh-full-surrey-twilight-importunate-band-oh-strongly-adorable-tennis/) [John Betjeman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-betjeman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/john-betjeman-17470_adorable_oh-full-surrey-twilight-importunate-band_415323.jpg) > [I have a group of people, about 40, in a local church in Surrey in England, who pray for me regularly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cliff-richard/i-have-a-group-of-people-about-40-in-a-local-church-in-surrey-in/) [Cliff Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cliff-richard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/cliff-richard-13470_church_i-have-a-group-of-people-about-40-in-a-l_1780913.jpg) > [by and by, the cause of my disease Gives me a pang that inwardly doth sting, When that I think what grief…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-howard-earl-of-surrey/by-and-by-the-cause-of-my-disease-gives-me-a-pang-that-inwardly-doth/) [Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-howard-earl-of-surrey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/henry-howard-earl-of-surrey-66_causes_by-and-by-the-cause-of-my-disease-gives_417014.jpg) > [I hasten to say to snobs from the Surrey pine-and-sand country that no invention since the corn plaster or the electric toothbrush…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alistair-cooke/i-hasten-to-say-to-snobs-from-the-surrey-pine-and-sand-country-that/) [Alistair Cooke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alistair-cooke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/alistair-cooke-9876_corn_i-hasten-to-say-to-snobs-from-the-surrey_424974.jpg) > [Suffolk has something more than the coziness of Kent and Surrey. There is a hint of wildness in its tamed beauty, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-moyes/suffolk-has-something-more-than-the-coziness-of-kent-and-surrey-there/) [Patricia Moyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-moyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/patricia-moyes-34290_beauty_suffolk-has-something-more-than-the-cozi_2973000.jpg) > [Both my parents are English and I was born in West Africa, and I moved around as a kid, lived in Bristol,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-weaving/both-my-parents-are-english-and-i-was-born-in-west-africa-and-i-moved/) [Hugo Weaving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-weaving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/hugo-weaving-13899_born_both-my-parents-are-english-and-i-was-bo_841803.jpg) > [Gertrude Jekyll, like Monet, was a painter with poor eyesight, and their gardens - his at Giverny in the Seine valley, hers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eleanor-perenyi/gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter-with-poor-eyesight-and-their/) [Eleanor Perenyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eleanor-perenyi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edc/eleanor-perenyi-34833_capture_gertrude-jekyll-like-monet-was-a-painter_2972851.jpg) > [What’s your name, lad?” “Newton. Newton Pulsifer.” “LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/what-s-your-name-lad-newton-newton-pulsifer-lucifer-what-s-that-you/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/neil-gaiman-29_creatures_what-s-your-name-lad-newton-newton-pulsi_3108433.jpg) > [“The common where we had walked the previous evening was a deserted tract of land, typical of Surrey, looking as if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-powell/the-common-where-we-had-walked-the-previous-evening-was-a-deserted/) [Anthony Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b8/anthony-powell-2659_hope-for-the-future_the-common-where-we-had-walked-the-previ_1047076.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surrey/#itemlist", "name": "Surrey Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to be when you're 23.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lisa Jewell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jewell/my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-london-and-made-me-live-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/lisa-jewell-6988_first_my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-londo_1934805.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/lisa-jewell-6988_first_my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-londo_1934805.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/lisa-jewell-6988_first_my-first-husband-dragged-me-out-of-londo_1934805.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My first husband dragged me out of London and made me live in the suburbs in Surrey - not where you want to…” — Lisa Jewell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kirsty Gallacher" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-gallacher/i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is-a-beautiful-and-quaint-village/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/kirsty-gallacher-22714_beautiful_i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is_1388576.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/kirsty-gallacher-22714_beautiful_i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is_1388576.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3b/kirsty-gallacher-22714_beautiful_i-grew-up-windlesham-in-surrey-which-is_1388576.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up Windlesham in Surrey, which is a beautiful and quaint village.” — Kirsty Gallacher", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! 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