Is there anything in the world more graceless, more dishonouring, than to desire a woman whom you will never have? Burmese Days (1934)
One of the big failures in human history has been the agelong attempt to stop women painting their faces. As I Please (1943)
If you have no money, men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters. Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)
[T]he outcry against killing women, if you accept killing at all, is sheer sentimentality. Why is it worse to kill a woman than a man? As I Please (1943)