What a terrible thing could be freedom. Trees were free when they were uprooted by the wind; ships were free when they were torn from their moorings; men were free when they were cast out of their homes—free to starve, free to perish of cold and hunger.
The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth. - Radclyffe Hall
The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth.
- Radclyffe Hall
Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted" -Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408) - Radclyffe Hall
Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted" -Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408)
It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence. - Radclyffe Hall
It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.
A great many women can feel and behave like men. Very few of them can behave like gentlemen. - Radclyffe Hall
A great many women can feel and behave like men. Very few of them can behave like gentlemen.
in this world there is only toleration for the so-called normal. - Radclyffe Hall
in this world there is only toleration for the so-called normal.
Wars come and wars go but the world does not change: it will always forget an indebtedness which it thinks it expedient not to remember. - Radclyffe Hall
Wars come and wars go but the world does not change: it will always forget an indebtedness which it thinks it expedient not to remember.
clothes, after all, are a form of self-expression. - Radclyffe Hall
clothes, after all, are a form of self-expression.
I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world. So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever … - Radclyffe Hall
I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world. So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever …
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet --… - Radclyffe Hall
You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet --…
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