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“Surely, if life is good, it is good throughout its substance; we cannot separate men's activities from women's and say, these are worthy of praise and these unworthy.”

Quote by Winifred Holtby

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Winifred Holtby

Winifred Holtby (June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935) was an English novelist known for her works that focused on social issues, particularly the struggles of women and the working class. more

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“it is better to take experience, to suffer, to love, and to remember than to walk unscathed between the fires. I've had most immunities myself - the result of an independent income combined with a personality completely devoid of sexual attractions - the two fires of poverty and passion have therefore never burned me, and I am a lesser person for my safety.”

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Book:Letters to a Friend

Source: Letters to a Friend

“[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization.”

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Book:Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrevelevance

Source: Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrevelevance

“You are quite, quite wrong if you think that ... I find your happiness painful. What matters is that happiness - the golden day - should exist in the world, not much to whom it comes. For all of us it is so transitory a thing, how could one not draw joy from its arrival?”

Ifs Thinking World Should Matter Happiness Joy Draws Painful Golden What Matters Arrivals Transitory Golden Days

Author:Winifred Holtby

“Sorrow and frustration have their power. The world is moved by people with great discontents. Happiness is a drug. It can make men blind and deaf and insensible to reality. There are times when only sorrow can give to sorrow.”

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Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of

Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“we are so little, so ignorant, so feeble an infant race crawling on a planet between immensities we haven't even begun to understand, that really we have no grounds for either congratulation or despair.”

Littles Race Havens Planets Despair Ignorant Congratulations Infant Crawling Immensity

Book:Pavements at Anderby: tales of

Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.”

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Book:Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance

Source: Mandoa, Mandoa!: A Comedy of Irrelevance

“I am much perturbed by this business of sickness. Our bodies seem so easily to leap into the saddle where our minds should be. People who are ill become changelings.”

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Book:Letters to a Friend

Source: Letters to a Friend

“no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.”

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Source: Pavements at Anderby: tales of

“Life flows on over death as water closes over a stone dropped into a pool. ... Fate is certain; death is certain; but the courage and nobility of men and women matter more than these.”

Men Matter Certain Water Fate Men And Women Flow Stones Life And Death Pool Nobility Certain Death

Author:Winifred Holtby

“why haven't we seventy lives? One is no use.”

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Author:Winifred Holtby