Naomi Mitchison Quotes

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Does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?

Naomi Mitchison

The fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.

Naomi Mitchison

You could sum up the Highland way of life, she thought, if you were unkind, in four words: devilment, obligement, refreshment, buggerment.

Naomi Mitchison

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

Naomi Mitchison

Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value.

Naomi Mitchison

All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.

Naomi Mitchison

There is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.

Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mitchison

Born: November 1, 1897

Died: January 11, 1999 (aged 101)

Bio: Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet.

Known for:

Memoirs of a Spacewoman (1962)
The Corn King and the Spring Queen (1930)
Solution three (1975)
Travel light (1952)
The fourth pig (1936)

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