"The baby romped on my lap like a…" — Sylvia Townsend Warner
"The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon."
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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 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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How dreadful it is that because of our wills we can never love anything without messing it around! We couldn’t…
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