Naomi Mitchison Quotes & Sayings

Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it ... All about him was safe. — Naomi Mitchison

All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins. — Naomi Mitchison

The fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing. — Naomi Mitchison

The lesser evil is also evil. — Naomi Mitchison

Travel light my child, as the Wanderer travels light, and his love will be with you. — Naomi Mitchison

Does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people? — Naomi Mitchison

There is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one. — Naomi Mitchison

If he could sleep, she thought, sleep through the unhappy months, the heart's hunger, the months of death and cold and not having what you most want, and wake with time gone past and blurred and a new year coming. But perhaps it is too early in the year, she thought after that, and besides, he is not a bear. — Naomi Mitchison

Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value. — Naomi Mitchison

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy ... — Naomi Mitchison

The best committee's a committee of one! — Naomi Mitchison

I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then. — Naomi Mitchison