Margery Sharp Quotes & Sayings

But truth, that dangerous commodity, has a way of sticking ... — Margery Sharp

It is the gift of all poets to find the commonplace astonishing, and the astonishing quite natural. — Margery Sharp

Meself I like a breath of air before I go to bed, same as I like a bite o' cheese or something before I take me teeth out. — Margery Sharp

There is nothing so intractable as a calendar. — Margery Sharp

If he's a poet, why's he in jail?" demanded a suspicious voice.
Madam Chairwoman shrugged velvet shoulders.
"Perhaps he writes free verse," she suggested cunningly.
A stir of approval answered her. Mice are all for people being free, so that they too can be freed form their eternal task of cheering prisoners--so that they can stay snug at home, nibbling the family cheese, instead of sleeping out in damp straw on a diet of stale bread. — Margery Sharp

Youth is always a little offended to find itself not preferred: it cannot help feeling that when it admits the old to its society, it confers a benefit. — Margery Sharp

There is nothing more tedious than a constant round of gaiety. — Margery Sharp