E. M. Delafield Quotes

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Curious but authenticated fact that a funeral is the only gathering to which the majority of men ever go willingly.

E. M. Delafield
Is it possible to cultivate the art of conversation when living in the country all the year round?

E. M. Delafield
She is never alone when she has Her Books. Books, to her, are Friends. Give her Shakespeare or Jane Austen, Meredith or Hardy, and she is Lost - lost in a world of her own. She sleeps so little that most of her nights are spent reading.

E. M. Delafield
Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

E. M. Delafield
Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

E. M. Delafield
A child with an intense capacity for feeling can suffer to a degree that is beyond any degree of adult suffering, because imagination, ignorance, and the conviction of utter helplessness are untempered either by reason or by experience.

E. M. Delafield
Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits.

E. M. Delafield
Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

E. M. Delafield
Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.

E. M. Delafield
There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.

E. M. Delafield