Angela Brazil > Quotes

“It is mostly when we are very young that we take the greatest delight in the sad songs; those who have felt the real bitterness of sorrow are glad to bury it deeply away, and do not wish it wakened, as sailors' wives love a place best where they cannot hear the sound of the sea.”
― Angela Brazil, A Terrible Tomboy

“her friends, feeling the change, soon left off trying to be poor little imitations of grown-up people, and began at last to enjoy themselves; for true enjoyment does not consist in showing off, but in being our simple, natural selves, if people would only believe it.”
― Angela Brazil, A Terrible Tomboy

“Life was so full of different things, and so many fresh interests and new plans were crowding continually into her brain, that she never had time to think whether her tie was neatly knotted or her belt properly fastened; it”
― Angela Brazil, The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story

“Truly adversity is a great winnower of friendships. It is but the staunchest who will stick to us through our troubles, while those who love us for what we have, instead of what we are, fall away like chaff at the first breath of ill-fortune.”
― Angela Brazil, A Terrible Tomboy

“Sylvia's”
― Angela Brazil, The Third Class at Miss Kaye's: A School Story

“rhubarb wine and cowslip beer, cured”
― Angela Brazil, The Jolliest Term on Record: A Story of School Life