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Josephine Tey Quotes

It would do her good to have some demons to fight, to be swung out in space and held over some bottomless pit now and then Picture Quote #1

After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished. And really, one was happier without Picture Quote #1

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic Picture Quote #1

It is not possible to love and be wise Picture Quote #1

Truth is often terribly thin, don’t you think? Picture Quote #1

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men Picture Quote #1

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Weak people can be very stubborn Picture Quote #1

Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race Picture Quote #1

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive Picture Quote #1

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior Picture Quote #1

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable Picture Quote #1

That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight Picture Quote #1

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A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes Picture Quote #1

Riches... don’t consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don’t want to do.... Riches is being able to thumb your nose Picture Quote #1

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one’s trade Picture Quote #1

You can’t have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn’t there Picture Quote #1

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable Picture Quote #1

It’s an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts of a mythical tale they are indignant not with the teller but with you. They don’t want to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in them, I think, and they resent it. So they reject it and refuse to think about it. If they were merely indifferent it would be natural and understandable. But it is much stronger than that, much more positive. They are annoyed. Very odd, isn’t it Picture Quote #1

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He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it Picture Quote #1

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn’t, of course. It’s a small niggling thing Picture Quote #1

Most people’s first books are their best anyways. It’s the one they wanted most to write Picture Quote #1

The truth of anything at all doesn’t lie in someone’s account of it. It lies in all the small facts of the time. An advertisement in a paper, the sale of a house, the price of a ring Picture Quote #1

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It would do her good to have some demons to fight, to be swung out in space and held over some bottomless pit now and then. (Josephine Tey Quotes) After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished. And really, one was happier without (Josephine Tey Quotes) Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic (Josephine Tey Quotes) It is not possible to love and be wise (Josephine Tey Quotes) Truth is often terribly thin, don’t you think? (Josephine Tey Quotes) Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men (Josephine Tey Quotes) Weak people can be very stubborn (Josephine Tey Quotes) Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race (Josephine Tey Quotes) Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive (Josephine Tey Quotes) In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior (Josephine Tey Quotes) If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable (Josephine Tey Quotes) That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months together until you thought that you were cured, and then without warning it blotted out the sunlight (Josephine Tey Quotes) A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes (Josephine Tey Quotes) Riches... don’t consist in having things, but in not having to do something you don’t want to do.... Riches is being able to thumb your nose (Josephine Tey Quotes) It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive speech that one uses only with another of one’s trade (Josephine Tey Quotes) You can’t have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn’t there (Josephine Tey Quotes) I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable (Josephine Tey Quotes) It’s an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts of a mythical tale they are indignant not with the teller but with you. They don’t want to have their ideas upset. It rouses some vague uneasiness in them, I think, and they resent it. So they reject it and refuse to think about it. If they were merely indifferent it would be natural and understandable. But it is much stronger than that, much more positive. They are annoyed. Very odd, isn’t it (Josephine Tey Quotes) He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it (Josephine Tey Quotes) One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn’t, of course. It’s a small niggling thing (Josephine Tey Quotes) Most people’s first books are their best anyways. It’s the one they wanted most to write (Josephine Tey Quotes) The truth of anything at all doesn’t lie in someone’s account of it. It lies in all the small facts of the time. An advertisement in a paper, the sale of a house, the price of a ring (Josephine Tey Quotes)