Shelagh Delaney famous quotes

03-14-2025

Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Years #Mind #Three
A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Men #Drunk #Causes
There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Order #Secret #Spy
[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Country #Winter #Two
I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Drinking #People #Sorrow
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Absence #Consolation #Ultimate
Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Leadership #Sports #Fun
Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Mistake #Half #My Mistakes
Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes itâ€™s mark.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Mark
You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Love #Love You #Needs
Iâ€™m not afraid of the darkness outside. Itâ€™s the darkness inside houses I donâ€™t like.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#House #Darkness #Not Afraid
Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Eye
My usual self is a very unusual self.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Self #Usual #Unusual
I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.
-- Shelagh Delaney

#Sick #Safe

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