Sylvia Townsend Warner - Mother Quotes

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He wore a glittering brass helmet much too large for him and looked, so my mother said, like a weevil in a nut.

Sylvia Townsend Warner

My mother didn't cherish me. For my first seven years she did, though doing her duty by me impeded the cherishing. Doing one's duty by hardens the heart against. Insensibly, we repudiate our good deeds, our filthy rags of righteousness.

Sylvia Townsend Warner

There was no reliance upon Hester's kindness. It was too much like the kindness of a mother cat who will wash her kitten's face whether the kitten wishes it or no.

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