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Barbara Pym quotes: Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

Barbara Pym quotes: How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.

Barbara Pym quotes: Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.

Of course it's alright for librarians to smell of drink.

Barbara Pym quotes: I hope you don't mind tea in mugs,' she said, coming in with a try. 'I told you I was a slut.

I hope you don't mind tea in mugs,' she said, coming in with a try. 'I told you I was a slut.

Barbara Pym quotes: It was only sometimes, when a spring day came in the middle of winter, that one had a sudden feeling that nothing was really impossible

It was only sometimes, when a spring day came in the middle of winter, that one had a sudden feeling that nothing was really impossible

Barbara Pym quotes: I think just a cup of tea...' There was something to be said for tea and a comfortable chat about crematoria.

I think just a cup of tea...' There was something to be said for tea and a comfortable chat about crematoria.

Barbara Pym quotes: Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.

Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all strive after it, but it can sometimes be a little depressing.

Barbara Pym quotes: She had now reached an age when one starts looking for a husband rather more systematically than one does at nineteen or even at twenty-one.

She had now reached an age when one starts looking for a husband rather more systematically than one does at nineteen or even at twenty-one.

Barbara Pym quotes: There are some things too dreadful to be revealed, and it is even more dreadful how, in spite of our better instincts,we long to know about them.

There are some things too dreadful to be revealed, and it is even more dreadful how, in spite of our better instincts,we long to know about them.

Barbara Pym quotes: There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive.It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference , that's all.

There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive.It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference , that's all.

Barbara Pym quotes: However romantically ill John might look, it seemed that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold.

However romantically ill John might look, it seemed that he had nothing worse than an unromantic cold.

Barbara Pym quotes: I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable for the young or inexperienced.

Barbara Pym quotes: Well, then, we may as well find somewhere to have tea. After spiritual comes bodily refreshment.

Well, then, we may as well find somewhere to have tea. After spiritual comes bodily refreshment.

Barbara Pym quotes: It's so good for you to think of nothing. I wish you could do it more often.

It's so good for you to think of nothing. I wish you could do it more often.

Barbara Pym quotes: Just the kind of underclothes a person like me might wear, I thought dejectedly, so there is no need to describe them.

Just the kind of underclothes a person like me might wear, I thought dejectedly, so there is no need to describe them.

Barbara Pym quotes: But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change.

But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change.

Barbara Pym quotes: Yes, I like sitting at a table in the sun,' I agreed, 'but I'm afraid I'm one of those typical English tourists who always wants a cup of tea.

Yes, I like sitting at a table in the sun,' I agreed, 'but I'm afraid I'm one of those typical English tourists who always wants a cup of tea.

Barbara Pym quotes: Perhaps long spaghetti is the kind of thing that ought to be eaten quite alone with nobody to watch one's struggles. Surely

Perhaps long spaghetti is the kind of thing that ought to be eaten quite alone with nobody to watch one's struggles. Surely

Barbara Pym quotes: in something for him, so I bought some white

in something for him, so I bought some white

Barbara Pym quotes: This may sound a cynical thing to say, but don't you think men sometimes leave difficulties to be solved by other people or to solve themselves? After

This may sound a cynical thing to say, but don't you think men sometimes leave difficulties to be solved by other people or to solve themselves? After

Barbara Pym quotes: What a good thing there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the after-life; it will certainly help to smooth things out.

What a good thing there is no marriage or giving in marriage in the after-life; it will certainly help to smooth things out.

Barbara Pym quotes: If only one could clear out one's mind and heart as ruthlessly as one did one's wardrobe.

If only one could clear out one's mind and heart as ruthlessly as one did one's wardrobe.

Barbara Pym quotes: Oh, God, yes! You'd hate sharing a kitchen with me. I'm such a slut,' she said, almost proudly.

Oh, God, yes! You'd hate sharing a kitchen with me. I'm such a slut,' she said, almost proudly.

Barbara Pym quotes: Robina Fairfax's mouth opened in a smile which revealed teeth that could only have been her own, so variously coloured and oddly shaped were they.

Robina Fairfax's mouth opened in a smile which revealed teeth that could only have been her own, so variously coloured and oddly shaped were they.

Barbara Pym quotes: One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

Barbara Pym quotes: You lose your sense of perspective when you get too close, and the charm goes.

You lose your sense of perspective when you get too close, and the charm goes.

Barbara Pym quotes: for I had observed that men did not usually do things unless they liked doing them.

for I had observed that men did not usually do things unless they liked doing them.

Barbara Pym quotes: but it's a good feeling and one does so like to have that.

but it's a good feeling and one does so like to have that.

Barbara Pym quotes: Yes! In the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live ALONE,

Yes! In the sea of life enisled, With echoing straits between us thrown, Dotting the shoreless watery wild, We mortal millions live ALONE,

Barbara Pym quotes: I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most comfortable bedside reading.

Barbara Pym quotes: Also, it was the morning and it seemed a little odd to be thinking about poetry before luncheon.

Also, it was the morning and it seemed a little odd to be thinking about poetry before luncheon.

Barbara Pym quotes: Dear Mildred,' he smiled, 'you are not the kind of person to expect things as your right even though they may be.

Dear Mildred,' he smiled, 'you are not the kind of person to expect things as your right even though they may be.

Barbara Pym quotes: Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.

Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.

Barbara Pym quotes: Perhaps it's better to be unhappy than not to feel anything at all.

Perhaps it's better to be unhappy than not to feel anything at all.

Barbara Pym quotes: There are various ways of mending a broken heart, but perhaps going to a learned conference is one of the more unusual.

There are various ways of mending a broken heart, but perhaps going to a learned conference is one of the more unusual.

Barbara Pym quotes: Perhaps all love had something of the ridiculous in it.

Perhaps all love had something of the ridiculous in it.

Barbara Pym quotes: I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it.

I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it.

Barbara Pym quotes: It seems to be a kind of lounge,' she added, tripping over a small footstool. The floor seemed to be littered with them, like toadstools.

It seems to be a kind of lounge,' she added, tripping over a small footstool. The floor seemed to be littered with them, like toadstools.

Barbara Pym quotes: Once you get into the habit of falling in love you will find that it happens quite often and means less and less,' said

Once you get into the habit of falling in love you will find that it happens quite often and means less and less,' said

Barbara Pym quotes: Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.

Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.

Barbara Pym quotes: She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ...

She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ...

Barbara Pym quotes: Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there ...

Dulcie always found a public library a little upsetting, for one saw so many odd people there ...

Barbara Pym quotes: The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one.

The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one.

Barbara Pym quotes: Inanimate objects were often so much nicer than people.

Inanimate objects were often so much nicer than people.