Oh, this coming back to an empty house,' Rupert thought, when he had seen her safely up to her door. People - though perhaps it was only women - seemed to make so much of it. As if life itself were not as empty as the house one was coming back to.
I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it. - Barbara Pym
I love Evensong. There's something sad and essentially English about it.
- Barbara Pym
I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic … - Barbara Pym
I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in my hand on every dramatic …
I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is b… - Barbara Pym
I imagine the proverb about too many cooks spoiling the broth can be applied to writing as well as anything else. The poetical or literary broth is b…
Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea, I thought, as I watched Miss Statham filling the heavy teapot. Did we really need a cup of tea? … - Barbara Pym
Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea, I thought, as I watched Miss Statham filling the heavy teapot. Did we really need a cup of tea? …
Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other. - Barbara Pym
Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.
My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with a… - Barbara Pym
My thoughts went round and round and it occurred to me that if I ever wrote a novel it would be of the 'stream of consciousness' type and deal with a…
There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all. - Barbara Pym
There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all.
Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink. - Barbara Pym
Of course it's all right for librarians to smell of drink.
She had always been an unashamed reader of novels. - Barbara Pym
She had always been an unashamed reader of novels.
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