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Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life."

Rosalia is dressed in raven clothes forty years too old for her, so that she seems to be in mourning for her life.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean."

People in a temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean.




Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species."

A satirist, often in danger himself, has the bravery of knowing that to withhold wit's conjecture is to endanger the species.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "Funniness is the wild card in the pack."

Funniness is the wild card in the pack.




Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets."

The masters of the comic spirit are often our prophets.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible."

jokes are ideally pleasurable. They are an act of assassination without a corpse, a moment of total annihilation that paradoxically makes anything possible.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees."

[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.




Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film."

Black and white are the most ravishing colors of all in film.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "[On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which is rather companionable of it."

[On Watermelon Man:] ... it is impossible to look at this film without its giving you a share in its insane bad taste, which is rather companionable of it.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "Great comedy calls large matters into question."

Great comedy calls large matters into question.



Penelope Gilliatt Quotes: "It [humor] inhabits the marginal."

It [humor] inhabits the marginal.