Quote by Barbara Pym Download Open image ““For I had observed that men did not usually do things unless they liked doing them.”” — Barbara Pym ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“I realize that you've always avoided all but the most rudimentary involvements with men, and, I might add, you've been wise.” — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“They are surprised that he did it, though, which shows you that the male mind expects very little in the way of altruism from… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There are no conditions to which a man may not become accustomed, particularly if he sees that they are accepted by those about him.” — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“He wasn't a gentleman and there was no telling what men would do when they weren't gentlemen. There was no standard to judge them… — Margaret Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Men are quite unobservant, you know. They see only what they wish to see.” — Cameron Dokey Copy Share Image
“There are two types of men. Those with self-control. And those without.” — Karina Bush Copy Share Image
“Though at that time men and women tried each other on, casually, like suits, rejecting whatever did not fit.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Perhaps, he would now agree that you should sometimes let people persude you not to do things.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She had been feeling that things were pretty desperate if one found oneself talking about and almost quoting Matthew Arnold to comparative strangers, though… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“He is a brilliant man, said Miss Doggett. She helped him a good deal in his work, I think. Mrs. Bonner says that she… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“One wouldn't believe there could be so many people, and one must love them all.” — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“-Hoy no pareces tú misma- dijo él en tono censurador-. Espero que no haya sido el Nuits Saint Georges. -Ya sabes que no estoy… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading. — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“Jane felt that he would write from the depths of a wretchedness that would not necessarily be insincere because its outward signs were so… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“You lose your sense of perspective when you get too close, and the charm goes.” — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“I hope you don’t mind tea in mugs,’ she said, coming in with a tray. ‘I told you I was a slut.” — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“Let me hasten to add that I am not at all like Jane Eyre, who must have given hope to so many plain women… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“However romantically ill John might look, it seemed that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold.” — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one. — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
