Shelagh Delaney > Quotes

“I’m not afraid of the darkness outside.
It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.”
― Shelagh Delaney

“My usual self is a very unusual self.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“I dreamt about you last night. Fell out of bed twice”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.”
― Shelagh Delaney, The Lion in Love

“I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.”
― Shelagh Delaney, Sweetly Sings the Donkey

“This isn't such a bad place to be though. I imagine you could get very fond of it from a distance.”
― Shelagh Delaney, The Lion in Love

“Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it’s mark.”
― Shelagh Delaney

“I can't stand people who laugh at other people. They'd get a bigger laugh if they laughed at themselves.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“a woman's got as much right -and more cause- to get drunk than any man”
― Shelagh Delaney

“The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence, is your ultimate absence.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“Heaven must be a hell of a place. Nothing but repentant sinners up there, isn't it? All the pimps, prostitutes and politicians in creation trying to cash in on eternity and their little tin god.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“[JO watches her go, leaning against the doorpost. Then she looks round the room, smiling a little to herself -- she remembers GEOF.]

JO: As I was going up Pippin Hill,
Pippin Hill was dirty.
And there I met a pretty miss,
And she dropped me a curtsy.
Little miss, pretty miss,
Blessings light upon you.
If I had half a crown a day,
I'd gladly spend it on you.

Curtain.”
― Shelagh Delaney, A Taste of Honey

“Has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. This girl is a liar. Expect Improvement next term.”
― Shelagh Delaney, Sweetly Sings the Donkey

“Oh! I must take my shoes off. Huh! Hell hath no fury like a woman's corns, has it?”
― Shelagh Delaney, The Lion in Love