Margaret Halsey Quote

The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.


With Malice Toward Some (1938)


The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like...

The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like...

The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like...

The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like...