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Penelope Fitzgerald Quotes

Penelope Fitzgerald quotes

English Poet December 17, 1916 – April 28, 2000

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I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they're about people the writer doesn't like very much. Penelope Fitzgerald
A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "But we weren't meant to live alone,' said Frank.'Life makes..."
But we weren't meant to live alone,' said Frank.'Life makes its own corrections. Penelope Fitzgerald
Opening the shop gave her, every morning, the same feeling of promise and opportunity. The books stood as neatly ranged as Gipping's vegetables, ready for all comers. Penelope Fitzgerald
More than that, I believe that the grass is green because green is restful to the human eye, that the sky is blue to give us an idea of the infinite. And that blood is red so that murder will be more easily detected and criminals will be brought to justice. Yes, and I believe that I shall live forever, but I shall live without reason. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no..."
Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention. Penelope Fitzgerald
Would you consider what I call the “inner eye” which opens for some of us, though not always when we want it or expect it – would you consider the inner eye as one of the sensory nerves? Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is? in..."
To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is? in other words, not a thing, but a think. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing."
Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing. Penelope Fitzgerald
The body, then, has a mind of its own. It must follow, then, that the Mind has a body of its own, even if it’s like nothing that we can see around us, or have ever seen. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: " human beings interested her so much that it must always be an..."
... human beings interested her so much that it must always be an advantage to meet another one. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct."
Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no..."
If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips. Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald quote: "Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment."
Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment. Penelope Fitzgerald

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