Home / Quotes / Quote by P. G. Wodehouse

Quote by P. G. Wodehouse

“This was not Aunt Dahlia, my good and kindly aunt, but my Aunt Agatha, the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth.”

Quote by P. G. Wodehouse

Author

P. G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse was a British writer, humorist, and composer, renowned for his humorous stories and novels, especially those featuring the characters Jeeves and Bertie Wooster. His works have been translated into many languages and have had a lasting impact on generations of readers. more

You May Also Like

“Love in the form of longing and deprivation lowers the self regard.”

Self Form Regard Longing Deprivation

Book:General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology

Source: General Psychological Theory: Papers on Metapsychology

“Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban.”

Morning Feet Snow Lakes Covered Twins December Weasley Hogwarts Snowball Turbans Weasley Twins

Author:J. K. Rowling

“If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life on dreams and be done with the rest.”

Ifs Done Dream Night If I Could Stakes Every Night

Book:Call Me by Your Name: A Novel

Source: Call Me by Your Name: A Novel

“I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts its premium precisely when we are least prepared to pay and need to borrow more.”

Needs Pay Prepared Agency Borrowed Lending Premium Borrowed Time

Book:Call Me by Your Name: A Novel

Source: Call Me by Your Name: A Novel

“All of them are men, not a girl amongst them unless you count Tommy Falk because his lips are so pretty.”

Author:Maggie Stiefvater

“I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your children to pay off. You put pressure on interest rates. You put at risk your economy. That's the case in Britain. We're not a reserve currency, so we need to get on and deal with this issue.”

Ifs Knows Needs Believe Mean Children I Believe Interest Deals Pay Cases Economy Issues Too Much Risk Pressure Rate Conservative Debt Your Children Britain Currency Reserves Interest Rate

Author:David Cameron

“I try to think of something catchy to say, but there's nothing but irritation that something that was funny yo an eleven-year-old boy is still funny to a seventeen-year-old one.”

Thinking Trying Years Stills Boys Eleven Seventeen Irritation Catchy Seventeen Years Old

Book:The Scorpio Races

Source: The Scorpio Races

“It's for personal reasons," I say stiffly, which is what my mother had always told me to say about things that had to do with fighting with your brothers, getting any sort of illness that had intestinal ramifications, starting your period, and money.”

Reason Mother Fighting Brother Periods Starting Illness Your Brother Ramifications

Book:The Scorpio Races

Source: The Scorpio Races

“And finally, in our time a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.”

Ifs Men Women One Thing Equality Gender Our Time Assured Circus Beard Gender Equality Women Equality Equality Of Man

Book:Travels with Charley in Search of America

Source: Travels with Charley in Search of America

“The piebald mare paws at the sand; I see her digging out of the corner of my eye and hear her grinding her teeth. That bridle's her curse, this island her prison. She still smells of rot.”

Stills Eye Prison Corners Smell Teeth Curse Islands Sand Digging Paws Mares

Book:The Scorpio Races

Source: The Scorpio Races