“It is a pity that so often the only way to treat girls like people seems to be to treat them like boys.” Quote by Katharine Whitehorn
“As anyone who has ever fallen foul of an airport, a conventional hospital or a bad restaurant knows, misery is made up of little things.” KnowsLittlesMadeMiseryFallenRestaurantsUnhappinessHospitalsLittle ThingsConventionalAirportsSmall ThingsFoul Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Does anybody who gave up smoking to save a pound a week have a pound at the end of the week? Not on your life.” DoeEndsWeekSmokingPoundsGave Up Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“I just wish, when neither of us has written to my husband's mother, I didn't feel so much worse about it than he does.” FeelsDoeMotherWishWrittenHusbandMy Husband Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“Whereas a lot of men used to ask for conversation when they really wanted sex, nowadays they often feel obliged to ask for sex even when they really want conversation.” MenWantFeelsWantedUsedAsksSexConversationObliged Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“As I look around the West End these days, it seems to me that outside every thin girl is a fat man, trying to get in.” MenTryingLooksEndsSeemsGirlWestFatsThese DaysFat ManWest End Author:Katharine Whitehorn
“A woman is more influenced by what she divines than by what she is told.” InfluenceDivine Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“There are other things besides beauty with which to captivate the hearts of men. The Italians have a saying: "Fair is not fair, but that which pleaseth.” MenHeartFairsNot FairAttractiveness Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.” MomentsOur LivesCrisisPyramidsApex Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“When our desires are fulfilled, we never fail to realize the wealth of imagination and the paucity of reality.” RealityDesireRealizingImaginationWealthFailingFulfilled Author:Ninon de L'Enclos
“Ennui, the parent of expensive and ruinous vices.” ParentVicesExpensiveEnnui Author:Ninon de L'Enclos