Poor Things Quotes

10 quotes by 10 authors

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market. — Robert Frost
• 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
• 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
• There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things. — Marilynne Robinson
• 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
• 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:

• 1 Poor Things Quote by Kate Atkinson
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Joanne Kathleen Rowling
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Marilynne Robinson
• 1 Poor Things Quote by John Fowles
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Jose Saramago
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Vera Brittain
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Diana Wynne Jones
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Kerry Greenwood
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Mark Twain
• 1 Poor Things Quote by Robert Frost