241 Quotes by Robert Graves

Children born of fairy stock Never need for shirt or frock, Never want for food or fire, Always get their heart’s desire...

Peleus lived to a good age and survived his famous son Achilles, an initiate of the Centaur Horse fraternity, who was killed at the siege of Troy.

If I were a girl, I’d despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.

Every fairy child may keep Two strong ponies and ten sheep; All have houses, each his own, Built of brick or granite stone; They live on cherries, they run wild I’d love to be a Fairy’s child.

I am not a conscious hypocrite. I flattered myself that I was acting for the best. I.

With eager dragon-eyes;.

There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader’s attention or check his habitual pace of reading – he should feel that he is seated at ease in a taxi, not riding a temperamental horse through traffic.

The old lady told me that all the girls in the village of Annezin prayed every night for the War to end, and for the English to go away – as soon as their money was spent. And that the clause about the money was always repeated in case God should miss it.

You don’t want captains in the army who know too much or think too much.