Hh Munro Quotes & Sayings

mascara-ing her eyelashes with her mouth wide open (necessity of open mouth during mascara application great unexplained mystery of nature). "Don't — Helen Fielding

Any sane person would have left long ago. But I cannot. I have my sons. — Princess Diana

It feels great to do what you love. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Cummings' career as a writer - and a painter - was as wobbly as his love life. He tried his hand at playwriting, satirical essays, and even a dance scenario for Lincoln Kirsten. — Billy Collins

Sometimes I would walk with a sense of pain, sometimes with pleasure. If a woman is in one's thoughts all day, one should not have to dream of her at night. — Graham Greene

You don't have permission to disrespect yourself. — Martin De Maat

You don't 'love' people when they are 'nice'. Don't you see that's the same as saying 'what's in it for me'? — Jerzy Pilch

Charity felt crumpled and wrung out after her cry, like a sponge that had gone through a week of dishes. Of course Lady Beddington said things would be better in the morning, after a good night's sleep. Charity found it was a struggle to believe her; but then it was a struggle just keeping her eyes open. By the time the guest room was ready, Charity was sprawled out face-downwards on the sofa, sound asleep, her tears already forgotten.
And that's what it means to be young, Lady Beddington thought, smiling. — Elizabeth Jane Howard

Don't wait around for your life to happen to you. Find something that makes you happy, and do it. Because everything else is all just background noise. — George Mason

Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman. — Vicki Baum

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it. — Oscar Wilde