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# Antonia White

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Antonia White was a British writer and translator, known primarily for Frost in May, a semi-autobiographical novel set in a convent school. It was the first book reissued by Virago Press in 1978, as part of their Modern Classics series of books by previously neglected women authors.

##  Quotes by Antonia White

> [Two hands are better than four sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-white/two-hands-are-better-than-four-sometimes/)

[Antonia White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonia-white/)

[Better](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/better/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/antonia-white-71883_better_two-hands-are-better-than-four-sometimes_408432.jpg)

> [“She read on and on, enraptured. She could not understand half, but it excited her oddly, like words in a foreign language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-white/she-read-on-and-on-enraptured-she-could-not-understand-half-but-it/)

[Antonia White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonia-white/)

[Foreign language](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foreign-language/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/antonia-white-71883_foreign-language_she-read-on-and-on-enraptured-she-could_786716.jpg)

> [It's only a dogma that hells exists; it isn't a dogma that there's anybody in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-white/it-s-only-a-dogma-that-hells-exists-it-isn-t-a-dogma-that-there-s/)

[Antonia White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonia-white/)

[Dogma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dogma/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f6/antonia-white-71883_dogma_it-s-only-a-dogma-that-hells-exists-it-i_2727239.jpg)

> [Catholicism isn't a religion, it's a nationality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonia-white/catholicism-isn-t-a-religion-it-s-a-nationality/)

[Antonia White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonia-white/)

[Catholicism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholicism/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fe/antonia-white-71883_catholicism_catholicism-isn-t-a-religion-it-s-a-nati_2806556.jpg)

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