He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might have suspected mockery.

I saw something nasty in the woodshed.

There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm

She liked Victorian novels. They were the only kind of novel you could read while eating an apple.

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.

Happiness can never hope to command so much interest as distress.

I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.

That would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be.

Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation?

Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.

Things don’t have significance: they only have existence.Things are the only hidden meaning of things.

Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.

Woe to him whose good name is more to him than goodness

Mathematics is the art of giving the same name to different things.

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten', he does not say 'My men were beaten.'

The only way I'm interested in having a baby is the old-fashioned way.

Something about the fact that an African American had, given the long sad history of our country, now become President - that was exhilarating.

On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye.

To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.

Yes it is better to keep training even if your muscle is still sore.