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Margaret Halsey, a British writer, was born on February 13, 1910, and passed away on February 4, 1997. Her works spanned across various genres including children's literature, historical novels, and adult fiction, known for her unique literary style and profound insights into human nature.

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“Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.”

Thinking Concerned Bottom Boredom Touched Ennui Vistas

Book:No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp

Source: No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp

“Whatever the rest of the world thinks of the English gentleman, the English lady regards him apprehensively as something between God and a goat and equally formidable on both scores.”

Thinking World Regard Gentleman Score Goats Formidable English Gentleman

Author:Margaret Halsey

“It is possible to eat English piecrust, whatever you may think at first. The English eat it, and when they stand up and walk away, they are hardly bent over at all.”

Thinking Firsts May Walks Food England Bent

Book:With Malice Toward Some

Source: With Malice Toward Some

“How close beneath the surface, even in the happiest family, is the chronic grievance! I sometimes think that tinderboxes are inert and powder kegs mere talcum compared to the explosive possibilities in the most commoplace domestic situation.”

Thinking Sometimes Situation Possibility Mere Surface Grievance Explosives Powder Beneath The Surface Kegs

Author:Margaret Halsey

“... the English think of an opinion as something which a decent person, if he has the misfortune to have one, does all he can to hide.”

Ifs Thinking Persons Doe Opinion Decent Misfortunes

Author:Margaret Halsey

“Not being one to calculate or look ahead, I had not stopped to think, when boys started paying attention to me, that the cup might be dashed from my lips, though experience should have taught me that dashing cups from lips was the way Victorian parents got most of their exercise.”

Thinking Way Should Looks Might Parent Attention Boys Taught Exercise Should Have Lips Cups Pay Attention Victorian Dashing

Book:No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp

Source: No Laughing Matter: The Autobiography of a Wasp

“Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.”

Thinking Persons Sound Silence Manageable

Book:With Malice Toward Some

Source: With Malice Toward Some

About the Author

Born: February 13, 1910
Died: February 4, 1997
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 94

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