Margery Sharp

But truth, that dangerous commodity, has a way of sticking.

— Margery Sharp

It is the gift of all poets to find the commonplace astonishing, and the astonishing quite natural.

— Margery Sharp

There is nothing so intractable as a calendar.

— Margery Sharp

“If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice. Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders. "Perhaps he writes free verse,"…

— Margery Sharp

There is nothing more tedious than a constant round of gaiety.

— Margery Sharp

Youth is always a little offended to find itself not preferred: it cannot help feeling that when it admits the old to…

— Margery Sharp

“If you had a smattering of education you would realize that perfection of form can give validity to any sentiment, however preposterous.”

— Margery Sharp