"London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no potting-shed, earthy and warm, with bunches of poppy heads hanging from the ceiling, and sunflower seeds in a wooden box, and bulbs in thick paper bags, and hanks of tarred string, and lavender drying on a tea-tray."

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Sylvia Townsend Warner

#Apples Quotes #Tea Quotes #Sunflower Quotes

“If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.”
“When I was taught the Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu Kihon Gata, there were in this engendering of fundamental form the eight methods. *I was told that this kihon happo is the origin of all budo. So I say to you earnestly, you make this the basis and teach it to your students.”
“It's interesting to see the dislocation between how people perceive a person visually. Apparently on the radio I'm blonde with a big arse.”

Source : "Seriously Funny". Interview with Jasper Rees, www.telegraph.co.uk. July 29, 2006.
“I mostly want to highlight things that feel like an injustice, and that's not really political. No one is going to - or should - say that bigotry toward Muslims is partisan. It's a matter of being just or not being just. So that's why I started calling myself a social justice comedian.”
“I miss my family, and I like being a tourist when I go back.”
“I've certainly collaborated with others for their songs and it's fun. To me, it's exciting to write from a place that doesn't have to be so true to my life and is more just storytelling.”
“Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself.”
“Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it.”

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