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Alice Thomas Ellis, a British writer born on September 9, 1932, and died on March 8, 2005. Her works are known for their deep psychological insights and critical perspectives on social realities.

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Famous Alice Thomas Ellis Quotes

“I have never had much trouble simultaneously entertaining diametrically opposed propositions, and welcome the possibility that this is not because I have one mind and am out of it, but because I have lots of them, all beavering away on their own.”

Mind Trouble Possibility Welcome Entertaining Propositions

Author:Alice Thomas Ellis

“One can get very fond of the people one meets in bars. The trouble is they then appear sort of different in the daylight and you realize that taking them with you is rather like taking a goldfish for a walk: not entirely correct, and surprising for the next people you run into.”

People Different Running Next Realizing Walks Trouble Bars Surprising Daylight Goldfish

Book:Home Life Three

Source: Home Life Three

“things are never so indescribably ghastly that they can't get worse.”

Trouble Ghastly

Book:Home Life Three

Source: Home Life Three

About the Author

Born: September 9, 1932
Died: March 8, 2005
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 26

Books & Sources

The Inn at the Edge of the WorldRelated source material

Home Life ThreeRelated source material

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