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Winifred Holtby Quotes

Winifred Holtby quotes

English Novelist June 23, 1898 – September 29, 1935

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Winifred Holtby quote: "Oh, lovely world,' thought Sarah, in love with life and all..."
Oh, lovely world,' thought Sarah, in love with life and all its varied richness. Winifred Holtby
You said that death was not the end; most true. Death was not stronger than my love for you. But since sweet love so lightly gives, my friend, We are not dead, and yet - this is the end. Winifred Holtby
Their language was an old wild language. They had known incredible loves and dark adventures and the twisted streets of alien cities. They had known the green breaking waves of the sea, and the green aisles of the silent forests. They had known war and death and fierce, cruel elation. Winifred Holtby
Fill your tall goblets with white wine and red, And sing brave songs of gallant love and true, Wearing soft robes of emerald and blue, And dance, as I your dances oft have led, And laugh, as I have often laughed with you -And be most merry - after I am dead. Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby quote: "But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving..."
But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby quote: "The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is..."
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. Winifred Holtby
For she was clever. It had not been a lie then, that ecstasy which had visited her when she read A Midsummer Night's Dream on top of the railway coach last summer. It had meant something. She had understood something. She was drunk with an intoxicating wine of gladness. Winifred Holtby
Lydia delighted her. The girl's roughness, her ability, her exuberance, were qualities desired by Sarah for her children. You could make something out of a girl like that. She had power. Winifred Holtby
We're so busy resigning ourselves to the inevitable that we don't even ask if it is inevitable. We've got to have courage, to take our future into our hands. If the law is oppressive, we must change the law. If tradition is obstructive, we must break tradition. If the system is unjust, we must reform the system. Winifred Holtby
But Miss Burton, red-haired, imperious, unexpected, adorable, with her swift ferocity and her sudden kindness, to her Lydia's heart paid its deepest allegiance. Winifred Holtby
These are they whose youth was violently severed by war and death; a word on the telephone, a scribbled line on paper, and their future ceased. They have built up their lives again, but their safety is not absolute, their fortress not impregnable. Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby quote: "And not there, not there, not there, Your laughing face and..."
And not there, not there, not there, Your laughing face and your wind-blown hair. Leave not even a ghost in the garden. Winifred Holtby
... then with the arrival of noisy helpers the scene became one of riotous carnival. For they carried boxes of coloured balls, bales of scarlet and yellow bunting, baskets laden with glittering tinsel, trumpets painted silver and vermilion, dolls in vivid muslin dresses, stars and medallions, tops and skipping ropes, and tumbled them in festive profusion over baskets and chairs. Winifred Holtby
Winifred Holtby quote: "What a strange distance there is between ill people and well..."
What a strange distance there is between ill people and well ones. Winifred Holtby
Oh, you can't alter people like Caroline. She always thought she knew better than anyone. She was always going to do something extraordinary. Winifred Holtby

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