"He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a……" — Stella Gibbons
"He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might have suspected mockery."
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23 Quotes by Stella Gibbons
Stella Gibbons has 23 quotes on this site.
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Well, when I am fifty-three or so I would like to write a novel as good as Persuasion but with…
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The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style
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Curious how Love destroys every vestige of that politeness which the human race, in its years of evolution, has so…
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A straight nose is a great help if one wishes to look serious'.
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There are some things (like first love and one’s first reviews) at which a woman in her middle years does…
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Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.
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I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.
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I saw something nasty in the woodshed.
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Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.
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You have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex,' said Mrs. Smiling. It is not that at all, and well you…
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She liked Victorian novels. They were the only kind of novel you could read while eating an apple.
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One of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with…
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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
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