Parenting Quote by Angela Thirkell

“I am what is known as an omnivorous reader and it all goes right through me and out of my mouth.”

— Angela Thirkell

“Besides,’ he added, ‘Catriona Ellangowan is a charming woman. I nearly married her myself once, but she very rightly turned me down for Ellangowan…

— Angela Thirkell

“I never did take sugar in my tea, or in coffee,’ said the Vicar. ‘I have always disliked it. But I understood that by…

— Angela Thirkell

“Why a widow should raise an attractive or pathetic image in one’s mind, or at the worst something rather bold and dashing, while widower…

— Angela Thirkell

“My first novel was only a try-out,’ said David carelessly. The sort of thing every undergraduate has to write, but now I know much…

— Angela Thirkell

“It need hardly be said that the qualities which filled Martin with the pangs of hero-worship were not altogether those which David’s parents would…

— Angela Thirkell

“Madame Boulle, in spite of her experiences among the highest English families, was amazed at the coolness shown by Lady Emily. A grandchild in…

— Angela Thirkell

First love is an astounding experience and if the object happens to be totally unworthy and love not really love at all, it makes…

— Angela Thirkell

If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the…

— Angela Thirkell

“To Mrs Belton’s relief the lights in the hall were now put out and the curtains drawn apart. As all amateur theatricals are exclusively…

— Angela Thirkell

I suppose everybody has a mental picture of the days of the week, some seeing them as a circle, some as an endless line,…

— Angela Thirkell

If only life were one long crisis, everyone would be perfect.

— Angela Thirkell