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Fay Weldon quotes about people

English Novelist September 22, 1931

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Worst fears: That God was not good. That the earth you stood upon shifted, and chasms yawned; that people, falling, clutched one another for help and none was forthcoming. That the basis of all things was evil. That the beauty of the evening, now settling in a yellow glow on the stone of The Cottage barns, the swallows dipping and soaring, a sudden host of butterflies in the long grasses in the foreground, was a lie; a deceitful sheen on which hopeful visions flitted momentarily, and... Fay Weldon
Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. Fay Weldon
What happens now is that if some unfortunate man goes to bed with some woman, overnight there's a divorce. He thinks and feels about the authenticity of his being, then they have to get married. So they just end up having serial marriages, which is distressing for the children. It would be much better if people just put up with the guilt of having erred and shut up. Fay Weldon
The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world. Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon quote: "People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe."
People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe. Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon quote: "Worry less about what other people think about you, and more..."
Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them. Fay Weldon
Fay Weldon quote: "The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not..."
The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. Fay Weldon

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