Poor Things Quotes
10 quotes by 10 authors
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I wish those people who write so glibly about this being a holy war and the orators who talk so much about going on, no…
— Vera Brittain
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Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their brains when they…
— Diana Wynne Jones
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said-and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about!…
— Kerry Greenwood
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Shall we go on conferring our Civilization upon the peoples that sit in darkness, or shall we give those poor things a rest?
— Mark Twain
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Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.
— Robert Frost
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I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional…
— Kate Atkinson
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The poor things keep calling in those – those pumbles, I think they're called – you know, the ones who mend pipes and things –…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things.
— Marilynne Robinson
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People who teach you cram old ideas, old views, old ways, into you. Like covering plants with layer after layer of old earth; it's no…
— John Fowles
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But truths need to be repeated many times so that they don't, poor things, lapse into oblivion.
— Jose Saramago
Who Wrote These Poor Things Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 10 Poor Things Quotes as follows: