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An important aspect of the ebbing of sex was that other things became interesting. Sex obliterates the individuality of young women more often than it does that of young men, because so much more of a woman than a man is used by sex.

Diana Athill

The extension of power offered by a pony, the ease and speed of movement, the tapping of unsuspected courage, the satisfaction of collaboration with another creature and of controlling it in order to improve the collaboration, the joy of fussing over it - of loving it - these, from the age of about eight to sixteen were the most completely realised delights of my life.

Diana Athill

What I was really happy with was a lover who had a nice wife to do his washing and look after him if he fell ill, so that I could enjoy the plums of love without having to munch through the pudding.

Diana Athill

Diana Athill

Diana Athill

Born: December 21, 1917

Died: January 23, 2019 (aged 101)

Bio: Diana Athill was a British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.

Known for:

Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir (2008)
Instead of a Letter (1962)
Stet: An Editor's Life (2000)
After a funeral (1986)
Instead of a Book: Letters to a Friend (2011)

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