"Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating……" — Sylvia Townsend Warner
"Theology, Mr. Fortune found, is a more accommodating subject than mathematics; its technique of exposition allows greater latitude. For instance when you are gravelled for matter there is always the moral to fall back upon. Comparisons too may be drawn, leading cases cited, types and antetypes analysed and anecdotes introduced. Except for Archimedes mathematics is singularly naked of anecdotes."
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18 Quotes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
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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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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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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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Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose.
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My background has been very helpful for this experience. But everyone was so accommodating because they knew it's not the…
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It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.
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