48 quotes found
Writer · Irish · 1899–1973
Irish writer (1899-1973)
“Some people are molded by their admirations others by their hostilities.”
“Habit is not mere subjugation it is a tender tie when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness.”
“If you look at life one way there is always cause for alarm.”
“Who ever is adequate? We all create situations which others can't live up to then break our hearts at them because they don't.”
“For people who live on expectations to face up to their realization is something of an ordeal.”
“Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself-in fact till it does that it hardly is experience.”
“Autumn arrives in the early morning but spring at the close of a winter's day.”
“In big houses in which things are done properly there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there are servants to do the work.”
