"How dreadful it is that because of our……" — Sylvia Townsend Warner
"How dreadful it is that because of our wills we can never love anything without messing it around! We couldn’t even love a tree, a stone even; for sooner or later we should be pruning the tree or chipping a bit off the stone."
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Sylvia Townsend Warner
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18 Quotes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Sylvia Townsend Warner has 18 quotes on this site.
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Slowly, with a look of intense concentration, he got up and advanced on me ... put out a front paw,…
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Truth has beauty, power, and necessity.
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Total grief is like a minefield. No knowing when one will touch the tripwire.
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Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance…
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Wealth, if not a mere flash in the pan, compels the wealthy to become wealthier.
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London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank,…
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To think of losing is to lose already.
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The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon.
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The fatal flaw of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you.
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I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their…
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The night was at her disposal. She might walk back to Great Mop and arrive very late; or she might…
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There is a moral, of course, and like all morals it is better not pursued.
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I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.
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The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.
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Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
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I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept anything without wishing I had given it…
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Government can't give us anything without depriving us of something else.
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