Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.
Shelagh Delaney Quotes
1938–2011 England
Shelagh Delaney FRSL (25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English dramatist and screenwriter. Her debut work was A Taste of Honey.
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21 quotes
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.
The Lion in Love (1960)
In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
We don't ask for life, we have it thrust upon us.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
A Taste of Honey (1959)
Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your time to learn from your own.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
"He was very ugly but people can't help the faces they're born with."
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
This isn't such a bad place to be though. I imagine you could get very fond of it from a distance.
The Lion in Love (1960)
I’m not frightened of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
Sweetly sings the donkey
As he goes to grass
He who sings so sweetly
Is sure to be an ass.
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
I dreamt about you last night. Fell out of bed twice.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
My usual self is a very unusual self.
A Taste of Honey (1959)
Has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. This girl is a liar. Expect Improvement next term.
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
Oh! I must take my shoes off. Huh! Hell hath no fury like a woman’s corns, has it?
The Lion in Love (1960)
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
Sweetly Sings the Donkey (1968)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Shelagh Delaney (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.