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Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
But we weren't meant to live alone,' said Frank.'Life makes its own corrections. — Penelope Fitzgerald
Courage and endurance are useless of they are never tested.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
If there's even one person who might be hurt by a decision, you should never make it.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Duty is what no-one else will do at the moment.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Opportunity, after all, is only another word for temptation.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
He was not trained in conservation - he was, after all, no more than an archaeologist - a digger!
— Penelope Fitzgerald
But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste we shall be accountable.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Open the doors, the Russians say, here comes trouble. On
— Penelope Fitzgerald
If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Algebra, like laudanum, deadens pain, Fritz wrote.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
After all, these people were born for joy, he thought.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Courage and endurance are useless if they are never tested.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
She had a kind heart, though that is not of much use when it comes to the matter of self-preservation.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Tilda cared nothing for the future, and had, as a result, a great capacity for happiness.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Human beings interested her so much that it must always be an advantage to meet another one.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
An unjust punishment is never forgotten.
— Penelope Fitzgerald