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Jessica Mitford quotes

American Journalist September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996

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One is only really inwardly comfortable, so to speak, after one's life has assumed some sort of shape. Not just a routine, like studying or a job or being a housewife, but something more complete than all those, which would include goals set by oneself and a circle of life-time type friends. I think this is one of the hardest things to achieve, in fact often just trying doesn't achieve it but rather it seems to develop almost by accident. Jessica Mitford
I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men to fight, that ownership of land and factories is not necessarily the natural reward of greater wisdom and energy. Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford quote: "I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that..."
I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister. Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford quote: "You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can..."
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty. Jessica Mitford
A thirteen-year-old is a kaleidoscope of different personalities, if not in most ways a mere figment of her own imagination. At that age, what and who you are depends largely on what book you happen to be reading at the moment. Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford quote: "Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't..."
Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.' Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford quote: "Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the..."
Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public. Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford quote: "Objectivity? I always have an objective."
Objectivity? I always have an objective. Jessica Mitford

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