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L.P. Hartley quotes: To see things as they really werewhat an empoverishment!

To see things as they really were
what an empoverishment!

L.P. Hartley quotes: My father was, I suppose, a crank. He had a fine, precise mind, which ignored what it was not interested in.

My father was, I suppose, a crank. He had a fine, precise mind, which ignored what it was not interested in.

L.P. Hartley quotes: Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster.

Grown-ups didn't seem to realize that for me, as for most other schoolboys, it was easier to keep silent than to speak. I was a natural oyster.

L.P. Hartley quotes: My dream had become my reality: my old life was a discarded husk.

My dream had become my reality: my old life was a discarded husk.

L.P. Hartley quotes: His mother's face expressed a prayer for patience.

His mother's face expressed a prayer for patience.

L.P. Hartley quotes: Not Adam and Eve, after eating the apple, could have been more upset than I was.

Not Adam and Eve, after eating the apple, could have been more upset than I was.

L.P. Hartley quotes: The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

L.P. Hartley quotes: Readers tend to devour short stories on a newssheet, but would be disinclined to read them in collections

Readers tend to devour short stories on a newssheet, but would be disinclined to read them in collections

L.P. Hartley quotes: You insisted on thinking of them as angels, even if they were fallen angels.

You insisted on thinking of them as angels, even if they were fallen angels.

L.P. Hartley quotes: It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.

L.P. Hartley quotes: his name. The gardener, if you

his name. The gardener, if you

L.P. Hartley quotes: You flew too near the sun and you were scorched.

You flew too near the sun and you were scorched.