Radclyffe Hall

Life's not all beer and skittles

— Radclyffe Hall

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're…

— Radclyffe Hall

What a terrible thing could be freedom. Trees were free when they were uprooted by the wind; ships were free when they…

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“Outrageous...that wilfully selfish tyranny of silence evolved by a crafty old ostrich of a world for its own well-being and comfort.”

— Radclyffe Hall

clothes, after all, are a form of self-expression.

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It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

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“For at moments such is the blindness and folly, yet withal the redeeming glory of love.”

— Radclyffe Hall

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else.

— Radclyffe Hall

“But her eyes would look cold, though her voice might be gentle, and her hand when it fondled would be tentative, unwilling.…

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“But even as she struck the bonds seemed to tighten, with each fresh blow to bind more securely. Mary now clung with…

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Wars come and wars go but the world does not change: it will always forget an indebtedness which it thinks it expedient…

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“But now, here she was, very wishful to pray, while not knowing how to explain her dilemma: ‘I’m terribly unhappy, dear, unprobable…

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[On homosexuality:] Our love may be faithful even unto death and beyond - yet the world will call it unclean.

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“…we’re all part of nature. Some day the world will recognize this…”

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“Could Stephen have met men on equal terms, she would always have chosen them as her companions; she preferred them because of…

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“The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. It said to itself:…

— Radclyffe Hall

“You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're…

— Radclyffe Hall

“The eye of youth is very observant. Youth has its moments of keen intuition, even normal youth -- but the intuition of…

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“Ugly, degrading, rather terrible half-truths... It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge…

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“Too late, too late, your love gave me life. Here am I the creature you made through your loving; by your passion…

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“After she had gone he sat on alone, and the lie was still bitter to his spirit as he sat there, and…

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“Give us also the right to our existence!”

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“And so blinded was she by those gleams of glory which the stars fling into the eyes of young lovers, that she…

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