Quote by Anthony Powell Download Open image ““She could easily make matters more bizarre than embarrassing.”” — Anthony Powell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing.” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“It’s a bit embarrassing to admit, but everything that happens happens for no real reason.” — Daniel Klein Copy Share Image
“Things aren’t often what they appear to be at first blush. But embarrassment is.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I think the root of embarrassment is feeling totally misunderstood, wanting to explain yourself over and over but knowing that you won't make much… — Alice Ozma Copy Share Image
“Is there anything more embarrassing than being caught imitating someone you really admire, by someone who knows you really well? Apart from being caught… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
“the most embarrassing, awkward moments of your life are only remembered by you and no one else. That no one judges you when you… — pleasefindthis Copy Share Image
“. . . she thought, brightly, This is the worst life decision I have ever made! And she marveled at herself for a while,… — Kristen Roupenian Copy Share Image
“Fair Fatality, you are the most unusual female I have encountered in all my thirty-eight years!" "You can't think how deeply flattered I am!"… — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
“You have to admit that this is a very strange life. If you don’t admit it, then you have a very high threshold for… — Art Hochberg Copy Share Image
“It amazed her how much people wanted to talk at parties. And about nothing in particular.” — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
“Playing on her femininity and making him feel uncomfortable seemed highly effective.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I was impressed for the ten thousandth time by the fact that literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“Like everything that's any good, it has about twenty different meanings.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“I have absolutely no histrionic talent, none at all, a constitutional handicap in almost all undertakings of life;but then, after all, plenty of actors… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early years. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“Her expression was oafish, but it was on the whole this quality that gave her face a certain retentive efficacy. She had the look… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“Enormous simplifications were possibly necessary to carry a deeper truth than lay on the surface of a mass of unsorted detail.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“I hate anything superficial. But I will take the book and look at it, and tell you what I think of the writing.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“It is rather an occasion, darling,’ said Moreland, vexed at these objections. ‘After all, I am noted among composers for the smallness of my… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“There seemed no particular object in avoiding banality from the start, as the evening showed every sign of developing into a banal one.” — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features: the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
