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Olivia Manning
5 quotes
“'She’s just a typical bourgeois reactionary.’ ‘You mean, her prejudices are different from yours.'”
Olivia Manning (1908–1980) first seen 1960 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 1: The Great Fortune, 1960.
“An age of chivalry as outmoded as honour, as obsolete as truth.”
Olivia Manning (1908–1980) first seen 1962 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 2: The Spoilt City, 1962.
“War meant a perpetual postponement of life, yet one did not cease to grow old.”
Olivia Manning (1908–1980) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 3: Friends and Heroes, 1965.
“This was a world in which only the ignorant could be happy.”
Olivia Manning (1908–1980) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortunes of War: The Balkan Trilogy, book 3: Friends and Heroes, 1965.
“Ignorance breeds fear. Tell people the truth. Trust them to keep their heads.”
Olivia Manning (1908–1980) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fortunes of War: The Levant Trilogy, book 1: The Danger Tree, Atheneum, 1978.