Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE, known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist. One of the renowned Mitford sisters and one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the inter-war years, she is best remembered for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often provocative wit. She also established a reputation for herself as a writer of popular historical biographies...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 November 1904
wings people mind
And Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.
people age
nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love ...
ideas people long
You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in a flash, that they do this thing, or that thing, and then die, but I can assure you they are quite wrong.
cities people potatoes
People in towns are always preoccupied. 'Have I missed the bus? Have I forgotten the potatoes? Can I get across the road?
funny-things drawing people
It's a funny thing that people are always ready to admit it if they've no talent for drawing or music, whereas everyone imagines that they themselves are capable of true love, which is a talent like any other, only far more rare.
believe people unhappy
The trouble is that people seem to expect happiness in life. I can't imagine why; but they do. They are unhappy before they marry, and they imagine to themselves that the reason of their unhappiness will be removed when they are married. When it isn't they blame the other person, which is clearly absurd. I believe that is what generally starts the trouble.
bored people sometimes
I am sometimes bored by people, but never by life.
fella late matthew minutes past precisely quarter saying six uncle
Twenty-three and a quarter minutes past," Uncle Matthew was saying furiously, "in precisely six and three-quarter minutes the damned fella will be late
home writing paper
When the loo paper gets thicker and the writing paper thinner, it's always a bad sign, at home.
kings royalty glory
Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?
adversity shields
Sisters are a shield against life's cruel adversity.
marriage children intimate-relationships
Always remember, children, that marriage is a very intimate relationship. It's not just sitting and chatting to a person; there are other things, you know.
travel ants sides
One thing about tourists is that it is very easy to get away from them. Like ants they follow a trail and a few yards each side of that trail there are none.
girl may aphorism
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry,