All T.H. White Quotes
- Aviators live by hours, not by days. Aviation
- I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not. Alive
- You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss… Anatomies
- The best thing for being sad," replied Merlin, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing that never fails. Beginning
- Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured… Alienate
- Life is such unutterable hell, solely because it is sometimes beautiful. If we could only be miserable all the time, if there could be no… Absolutely
- Is there anything more terrible than perpetual motion, than doing and doing and doing, without a reason, without a consciousness, without a change, without an… Change
- Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally… All
- The unicorn was white, with hoofs of silver and graceful horn of pearl... The glorious thing about him was his eye. There was a faint… All
- Why can't you harness Might so that it works for Right? I know it sounds nonsense, but, I mean, you can't just say there is… Able
- The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust. Buns
- Dogs, like very small children, are quite mad. Children
- Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least they were humble.… Animal
- We find that at present the human race is divided politically into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That… According
- The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide. Destiny
- The weather behaved itself. In the spring, the little flowers came out obediently in the meads, and the dew sparkled, and the birds sang. In… Adieu
- Education is experience, and the essence of experience is self-reliance. Education
- Kay was older and bigger than the Wart, so that he was bound to win in the end, but he was more nervous and imaginative.… Aimed
- Now, in their love, which was stronger, there were the seeds of hatred and fear and confusion growing at the same time: for love can… Confusion
- Jenny, all my life I have wanted to do miracles. I have wanted to be holy. I suppose it was ambition or pride or some… All
- If God is supposed to be merciful,' [Arthur] retorted, 'I don't see why He shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as… Allow
- Cavall came simply and gave his heart and soul. Came
- The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong without comment. Catchy
- The best thing for being sad ... is to learn something. Best
- The word "feral" has a kind of magic potency which allied itself to two other words, "ferocious" and "free." To revert to a feral state! Allied