English tradition debars from dinner-table conversation almost all topics that might interest the conversers and insists upon strict adherence to banalities.
The best way to find out things, if you come to think of it, is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun;… - Elspeth Huxley
The best way to find out things, if you come to think of it, is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun;…
- Elspeth Huxley
The pioneer kills what he loves. - Elspeth Huxley
The pioneer kills what he loves.
[... vastly different peoples live and work side by side but rarely come together, like the arms of an egg beater that] whirled independently and nev… - Elspeth Huxley
[... vastly different peoples live and work side by side but rarely come together, like the arms of an egg beater that] whirled independently and nev…
You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright. - Elspeth Huxley
You cannot sell a blemished apple in the supermarket, but you can sell a tasteless one provided it is shiny, smooth, even, uniform and bright.
The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life. - Elspeth Huxley
The Beatties were always arguing, it gave them an interest in life.
Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result. - Elspeth Huxley
Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.
One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.' - Elspeth Huxley
One of the stock Sydney jokes is of the census-taker who enquires: 'How many children have you, ma'am?' 'Two living and three in Melbourne.'
To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if o… - Elspeth Huxley
To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if o…
How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water. - Elspeth Huxley
How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water.
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