Quotes by : Penelope Fitzgerald

Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.

But time given to wishing for what can't be is not only spent, but wasted, and for all that we waste....

What’s to become of us? We can’t go on like this.”“Yes, we can go on like this,” said Cesare.....

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a....

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about....

Opportunity, after all, is only another word for temptation.