Nancy Mitford - Love Quotes

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Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?

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To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

Nancy Mitford

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

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Do you always laugh when you make love?' said Fabrice. I hadn't thought about it, but I suppose I do. I generally laugh when I'm happy and cry when I'm not. Do you find it odd?

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Nothing makes people crosser than being considered too old for love.

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If I had a girl I should say to her, 'Marry for love if you can, it won't last, but it is a very interesting experience and makes a good beginning in life. Later on, when you marry for money, for heaven's sake let it be big money. There are no other possible reasons for marrying at all.

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But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.' Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.

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I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.

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