Home / Authors / Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford Quotes

Novelist

Ford Madox Ford was an influential British novelist known for his contributions to modernist literature. His works are characterized by complex narrative structures and profound psychological descriptions. Born on December 17, 1873, he passed away on June 26, 1939.

Filter quotes by topic

All Parade S End Ifs Tietjens Some Do Not Men Book Mind No More Parades World People Sylvia Tietjens War Writing Years Assurance Enough Fellows Firsts Heart Knows

Famous Ford Madox Ford Quotes

“But always, at moments when his mind was like a blind octopus, squirming in an agony of knife-cuts, she would drop in that accusation.”

Mind Accusation Octopus Parade S End No More Parades

Book:No More Parades

Source: No More Parades

“[W]e are almost always in one place with our minds somewhere quite other.”

Book:The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion

Source: The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion

“...she had always known under her mind and now she confessed it: her agony had been, half of it, because one day he would say farewell to her, like that, with the inflexion of a verb. As, just occasionally, using the word 'we' - and perhaps without intention - he had let her know that he loved her.”

Knows Mind Half Known One Day Intention Agony Farewell Verbs

Author:Ford Madox Ford

“In every man there are two minds that work side by side, the one checking the other; thus emotion stands against reason, intellect corrects passion and first impressions act a little, but very little, before quick reflection.”

Men Mind Firsts Littles Two Reason Passion Sides Emotion Reflection Intellect Every Man Impression First Impression Two Minds

Book:Parade's End

Source: Parade's End

“If you only would!" He added rather diffidently: "If you would not mind remembering that I am a military court of inquiry. It makes it easier for me to report to the general if you say things dully and in the order that they happened.”

Ifs Mind Remember Order Happened Military Easier Court Reports Inquiry

Book:The Bodley Head: Parade's end. Pt.2. No more parades. Pt.3. A man could stand up

Source: The Bodley Head: Parade's end. Pt.2. No more parades. Pt.3. A man could stand up

“Mind, I am not preaching anything contrary to accepted morality. I am not advocating free love in this or any other case. Society must go on, I suppose, and society can only exist if the normal, if the virtuous, and the slightly deceitful flourish, and if the passionate, the headstrong, and the too-truthful are condemned to suicide and madness.”

Ifs Mind Cases Goes On Morality Normal Madness Suicide Passionate Contrary Accepted Truthful Virtuous Preaching Advocating Deceitful Free Love Headstrong

Book:The Good Soldier: Ford's works

Source: The Good Soldier: Ford's works

About the Author

Born: December 17, 1873
Died: June 26, 1939
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 71

Related Topics

Parade S End Ifs Tietjens Some Do Not Men Book Mind No More Parades World People Sylvia Tietjens War Writing Years Assurance Enough Fellows Firsts Heart Knows

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Parade's EndRelated source material

SOME DO NOT...Related source material

The Good Soldier: A Tale of PassionRelated source material

No More ParadesRelated source material

The Good SoldierRelated source material

The Bodley Head: Parade's end. Pt.2. No more parades. Pt.3. A man could stand upRelated source material

Ancient Lights And Certain New Reflections Being The Memories Of A Young ManRelated source material

Critical Writings of Ford Madox FordRelated source material

It Was the NightingaleRelated source material

New York EssaysRelated source material

Similar Authors

Stephen KingBrowse related quotes
Neil GaimanBrowse related quotes
Salman RushdieBrowse related quotes
Paul AusterBrowse related quotes
Jeanette WintersonBrowse related quotes
Anna QuindlenBrowse related quotes
Gilbert K. ChestertonBrowse related quotes
Ray BradburyBrowse related quotes
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron LyttonBrowse related quotes
Virginia WoolfBrowse related quotes