I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“The charm of your writing,” Evelyn Waugh once wrote to Mitford, “depends on your refusal to recognize a distinction between girlish chatter… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Just at the moment he's writing a book on famine - goodness! it's sad - and there's a dear little Chinese comrade… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“My dear Lady Kroesig, I have only read one book in my life, and that is ‘White Fang.’ It’s so frightfully good I’ve never… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
Children should be like waffles--you should be able to throw the first one away. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Linda's presentation of the 'facts' had been so gruesome that the children left Alconleigh howling dismally, their nerves permanently impaired, their future chances of… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry,… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“She was filled with a strange, wild, unfamiliar happiness, and knew that this was love. Twice in her life she had mistaken something else… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Women are divided into two categories: those who can deal with the men they are in love with, and those who cannot. Sophia was… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
There are worse things than poverty, though I can't for the moment remember what they are. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
What is so nice & so unexpected about life is the way it improves as it goes along. I think you should impress this… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
The English lord marries for love, and is rather inclined to love where money is; he rarely marries in order to improve his coat… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
