Shelagh Delaney

“I dreamt about you last night. Fell out of bed twice”

— Shelagh Delaney

Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

— Shelagh Delaney

There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.

— Shelagh Delaney

A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man

— Shelagh Delaney

[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.

— Shelagh Delaney

You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there.

— Shelagh Delaney

Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.

— Shelagh Delaney

Women never have young minds. They were born three thousand years old.

— Shelagh Delaney

I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.

— Shelagh Delaney

“Oh! I must take my shoes off. Huh! Hell hath no fury like a woman's corns, has it?”

— Shelagh Delaney

Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it’s mark.

— Shelagh Delaney

Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.

— Shelagh Delaney

My usual self is a very unusual self.

— Shelagh Delaney

I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect

— Shelagh Delaney

“[JO watches her go, leaning against the doorpost. Then she looks round the room, smiling a little to herself -- she remembers…

— Shelagh Delaney

I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.

— Shelagh Delaney

The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

— Shelagh Delaney

“Has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. This girl is a liar. Expect Improvement next term.”

— Shelagh Delaney

Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.

— Shelagh Delaney

You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.

— Shelagh Delaney

“This isn't such a bad place to be though. I imagine you could get very fond of it from a distance.”

— Shelagh Delaney