Quotes by : Barbara Pym

One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.

But at least it made one realize that life still held infinite possibilities for change.

I stretched out my hand towards the little bookshelf where I kept cookery and devotional books, the most....

You know Mildred would never do anything wrong or foolish. I reflected a little sadly that this was only....

He certainly is very charming, but he makes me feel slightly ill at ease—almost as if I were a woman....

It was the ring on the left hand that people at the Old Girls' Reunion looked for. Often, in fact nearly....

We, my dear Mildred, are the observers of life. Let other people get married by all means, the more the....

Oh, this coming back to an empty house,' Rupert thought, when he had seen her safely up to her door.....

Once outside the magic circle the writers became their lonely selves, pondering on poems, observing their....

I realised that one might love him secretly with no hope of encouragement, which can be very enjoyable....