“Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea, I thought, as I watched Miss Statham filling the heavy teapot. Did we really need a cup of tea? I even said as much to Miss Statham and she looked at me with a hurt, almost angry look, 'Do we need tea? she echoed. 'But Miss Lathbury...' She sounded puzzled and distressed and I began to realise that my question had struck at something deep and fundamental. It was the kind of question that starts a landslide in the mind. I mumbled something about making a joke and that of course one needed tea always, at every hour of the day or night.” NeedsMindLooksKindSaidNightCoursesHoursHurtToo MuchMissingNeededJokesFundamentalsAngryHeavyCupsTeaRealisingFillingCups Of TeaPuzzledTeapotsLandslides Author:Barbara Pym
“My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with an hour in the life of a woman at the sink.” IfsWould BeHoursDealsConsciousnessNovelTypeRoundsStreamsMy ThoughtsStream Of Consciousness Book:Excellent Women Source: Excellent Women
