Hilda Quotes

“...if you do not even understand what words say,
how can you expect to pass judgement
on what words conceal?”
― H.D. (Hilda Doolittle), Trilogy: The Walls Do Not Fall / Tribute to the Angels / The Flowering of the Rod

“I'm more of a writer than a fighter you see.”
― Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant

“It was cold, wet . . . overall pretty traumatic . . . but . . . such is the life of the adventurer.”
― Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Troll

“How terrifyingly efficient she sounds," said Stephen. "I think I should faint in her presence.”
― L.P. Hartley, Eustace and Hilda

“Indeed, Hilda was always putting her oar in, constituting herself the voice of conscience; she was a task-mistress, leading the chorus, undefined, unrecognised, but clearly felt, of those who thought he ought to try more, do more, be more, than he had it in him to try, or do, or be.”
― L.P. Hartley, Eustace and Hilda