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Shelagh Delaney
22 quotes
“The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’m not frightened of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your time to learn from your own.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I dreamt about you last night. Fell out of bed twice.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My usual self is a very unusual self.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can’t stand people who laugh at other people. They’d get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As I was going up Pippin Hill, Pippin Hill was dirty. And there I met a pretty miss, And she dropped me a curtsy. Little miss, pretty miss, Blessings light upon you. If I had half a crown a day, I'd gladly spend it on you.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This isn't such a bad place to be though. I imagine you could get very fond of it from a distance.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh! I must take my shoes off. Huh! Hell hath no fury like a woman’s corns, has it?”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) first seen 1697 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: cf. Congreve, The Mourning Bride (1697), act 3 sc. 2 (loq. Zara)
“Sweetly sings the donkey As he goes to grass He who sings so sweetly Is sure to be an ass.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He was very ugly but people can't help the faces they're born with.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“According to her, only a revolution will ever bring true democracy to this country and the sooner revolution comes (she said) the better and even though hundreds of innocents will be slaughtered they will die in a good cause and men must be willing to sacrifice themselves. But that depends I suppose on which men you're thinking of.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. This girl is a liar. Expect Improvement next term.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He didn't play with his food anymore till it got cold; instead, down it went like fuel into a furnace keeping the ovens hot, and the energy at boiling point, as Tom hurtled through his life catching up with himself at last.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We teach you the pleasure of physical exercise—the team-spirit of games, too, for when you leave school finally you will find that life is a game, sometimes serious, sometimes fun, but a game that must be played with true team-spirit—there is no room for the outsider in life.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living. I can't help wondering what will happen when redundant spies join the ranks of the unemployed.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“... Poles seem to be as much condemned to a diet of caviar, vodka and the Polka as the English are to rare old port and pheasant.”
Shelagh Delaney (1938–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source