Quotes by Winifred Holtby

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Novelist and journalist · English · 1898–1935

English novelist and journalist (1898–1935)

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“I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.”

“God give me work till my life shall end And life till my work is done.”

“The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.”

“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”

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“I am a feminist because I dislike everything that feminism implies. I desire an end to the whole business, the demands for equality, the suggestion of sex warfare, the very name feminist. I want to...”

— Winifred Holtby

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“The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.”

— Winifred Holtby

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“God give me work till my life shall end And life till my work is done.”

— Winifred Holtby

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“The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing.”

— Winifred Holtby

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“I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.”

— Winifred Holtby

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“God give me work till my life shall end And life till my work is done.”

— Winifred Holtby

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