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The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy. — Elspeth Huxley

Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement. — Elspeth Huxley

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer. — Harold Coffin

How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water. — Elspeth Huxley

Your nakedness is the work of God the Creator. Let men admire it--and grow religious between your sheets. — Elspeth Marr

The case for interconnectedness between conscious human lives is hard to deny. — Kat Lahr

The pioneer kills what he loves. — Elspeth Huxley

What sorts of sin?
Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural. — Elspeth Huxley

They [zebras] looked like highly varnished animated toys. — Elspeth Huxley

O telescope, instrument of knowledge, more precious than any sceptre. — Johannes Kepler

It seems to me that we are profoundly ignorant of ourselves. — Edward Bond

One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.' — Elspeth Huxley

The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life ... — Elspeth Huxley

He had never realized, while Elspeth was alive, the extent to which a thing had not completely happened until he told her about it. — Audrey Niffenegger

For a father it is hell to be without your children; — Honore De Balzac

The absorbed, disapproving regard of the middle-aged woman for her own face disappeared as he came up. ('The Snow Heart') — Elspeth Davie

Africa is cruel ... it takes your heart and grinds it into powdered stone - and no-one minds — Elspeth Huxley

habits. HSM members — Elspeth Muir

I'm starved." -Juli
"How can you be starved? You just ate a huge bowl of popcorn." -Elspeth
"Popcorn isn't food, it's popcorn." -Vicki — Lynsay Sands

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them. — Elspeth Huxley

No Son [ ... ] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul. — Ruta Sepetys

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result. — Elspeth Huxley

You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright. — Elspeth Huxley