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Quotes from The Lady's Not for Burning — Christopher Fry

1907–2005 England

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Where in this small-talking world can I find
A longitude with no platitude?

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

The moon is nothing
But a circumambulating aphrodisiac
Divinely subsidized to provoke the world
Into a rising birth-rate.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

I hear
A gay modulating anguish, rather like music.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

The Great Bear is looking so geometrical
One would think that something or other could be proved.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

The best
Thing we can do is to make wherever we're lost in
Look as much like home as we can.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

What is official
Is incontestable. It undercuts
The problematical world and sells us life
At a discount.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

What after all
Is a halo? It's only one more thing to keep clean.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

I travel light; as light,
That is, as a man can travel who will
Still carry his body around because
Of its sentimental value.

The Lady's Not for Burning (1949)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Fry (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.