2 Quotes by Frances Partridge

I don’t want my ‘part’ taken! I haven’t ‘got’ a part! I hate the stupid geometrical figures by which people try to understand the emotions of others, imposing hard straight lines - or ‘sides’ as they call them - onto tender curvaceous human beings who have none.

The fear that all these magical impressions (now clear in my mind) will instantly begin to fade, torments me.