Sweetly Sings the Donkey
A source page for quotes linked to Shelagh Delaney.
“The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.”
“[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.”
“I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.”
“My usual self is a very unusual self.”
“Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.”
“I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.”
“You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.”
“Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it’s mark.”
“Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.”
“Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.”
“A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man”