141 Quotes About The-black-prince

Of course men play roles, but women play roles too, blanker ones. They have, in the play of life, fewer good lines.

The room had the rather sinister tedium which some bedrooms have, a sort of weary banality which is a reminder of death. A dressing table can be a terrible thing.

I felt blank dismay, instant fear for myself. I did not want to be involved in any mess of Priscilla's. I did not even want to have to be sorry for Priscilla.

Living with someone who hates you is—it drives you mad—

Arnold's 'joke' was too obscenely good not to be taken as a portent: it was the visible part of some huge invisible horror.

Tuesday? My whole concept of the future had crumpled.

Those who cry out the truth to an indifferent world too often weary, fall silent or come to doubt their own wit.

Then the front doorbell (already too long delayed by my rambling narrative) rang.

Some people are just 'diminishers' and 'spoilers' for others. I suppose almost everybody diminishes someone. A saint would be nobody's spoiler.