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The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation; it is understanding. — Winifred Holtby

Oh, time betrays us. Time is the great enemy ... — Winifred Holtby

[On golf:] One of the most distressing defects of civilization. — Winifred Holtby

It's the things you don't do, not the things you do, you feel most sorry for. — Winifred Holtby

Love needs the stiffening of respect, the give and take of equality. — Winifred Holtby

But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence — Winifred Holtby

Go therefore, and do that which is within you to do. Take no heed of gestures that beckon you aside. Ask of no man permission to perform. — Winifred Holtby

What a strange distance there is between ill people and well ones. — Winifred Holtby

Most gay, conversational, careless, lovely city ... where one drinks golden Tokay until one feels most beautiful, and warm and loved - oh, Budapesth! — Winifred Holtby

Oh, lovely world,' thought Sarah, in love with life and all its varied richness. — Winifred Holtby

If we haven't a grouch against Fortune, we seem unable to avoid one against ourselves. — Winifred Holtby

It is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end. — Winifred Holtby

Youth knows no remedy for grief but death. — Winifred Holtby

A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything. — Winifred Holtby

The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing — Winifred Holtby

Really, trees are nearly as important as men, and much better behaved. — Winifred Holtby

Is this the final treachery of time, that the old become a burden upon the young? — Winifred Holtby

I was born to be a spinster, and, by God, I'm going to spin. — Winifred Holtby

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

No truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend. — Winifred Holtby

I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing. — Winifred Holtby

The more I see of dogs, the more I like children. — Winifred Holtby

I advise nobody to drown sorrow in cocoa. It is bad for the figure and it does not alleviate the sorrow. — Winifred Holtby

Those who prepare for war get it. — Winifred Holtby

The only difficulty is to know what bits to choose and what to leave out. Novel-writing is not creation, it is selection. — Winifred Holtby

Why haven't we seventy lives? One is no use. — Winifred Holtby

Everybody's tragedy is somebody's nuisance. — Winifred Holtby