“It was the chief thing he knew about women: that they could always be calmed down by the fact, or even by the prospect, of a cup of tea.”
― Pilgrim's Inn
― Pilgrim's Inn
“Never hide from adverse criticism. Mockery, indifference, misunderstanding— welcome the lot. Criticism of your work is much the same as criticism of yourself, you know, your work being an extension of yourself, and there's nothing like good slashing personal criticism for begetting humility.”
― Pilgrim's Inn
― Pilgrim's Inn
“Shout when you're ready for some devastating criticism," said John Adair.”
― Pilgrim's Inn
― Pilgrim's Inn
“Say that we are a puff of warm breath in a very cold universe. By this kind of reckoning we are either immeasurably insignificant or we are incalculably precious and interesting. I tend toward the second view.”
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“She was shamed. Women like herself, sheltered, indulged, secure, beloved; and yet they dared to find life hard, they dared to pity themselves because the path they trod was strewn with pink rose-petals when their own choice would have been crimson. She hated herself. Her hatred choked her, and she could not speak.”
― Pilgrim's Inn
― Pilgrim's Inn
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