Penelope Fitzgerald quotes

Penelope Fitzgerald was an acclaimed British novelist, biographer, and essayist. Her work is celebrated for its subtle wit, emotional depth, and sharp observations of human nature. She remains a respected figure in modern English literature and winner of the Booker Prize. Here are 6 of her quotes:

Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure, short of total abstention. (Penelope Fitzgerald)

If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.

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The frame of mind, however, is everything. Given that, one can have a very satisfactory party all by oneself.

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There are dilettantes in human relationships just as there are, let's say, in politics.

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However, no two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is - in other words, not a thing, but a think.

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A serious thinking adult had no defence against innocence because he was obliged to respect it, whereas the innocent scarcely knows what respect is, or seriousness either.

Penelope Fitzgerald

Penelope Fitzgerald

Occupation: English Poet
Born: December 17, 1916
Died: April 28, 2000
Quotes count: 6
Wikipedia: Penelope Fitzgerald

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