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Ronald Firbank
6 quotes
“There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1915 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vainglory (1915), cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 117.
“The world is so disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Vainglory, cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 149.
“I suppose when there's no more room for another crow's-foot, one attains a sort of peace?”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1918 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Valmouth (1918), cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 448.
“Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish. Adrian: No? Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Princess Zoubaroff, Act I, sc. iv (1920), cited from Steven Moore (ed.) Complete Plays (Normal, Ill.: Dalkey Archive Press, 1994) p. 55.
“Oh! help me, heaven," she prayed, "to be decorative and to do right!”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) first seen 1923 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Flower Beneath the Foot (1923), cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 516.
“I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.”
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926) said by 1926 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Flower Beneath the Foot, cited from The Complete Ronald Firbank (London: Duckworth, 1961) p. 534.