Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.
Stella GibbonsI do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.
Stella GibbonsI saw something nasty in the woodshed.
Stella Gibbons. . . And she said it was a pity, because my father was so “keen”, and what did I care about?
So I said, well, I was not quite sure, but on the whole I thought I liked having everything very tidy and calm all around me, and not being bothered to do things, and laughing at the kind of joke other people didn’t think at all funny, and going for country walks, and not being asked to express opinions about things (like love, and isn’t so-and-so peculiar?). So then she said, oh, well, didn’t I think I could try to be a little less slack, because of Father, and I said no, I was I afraid I couldn’t; and after that she left me alone. But all the others still said I was no good.
Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.
Stella GibbonsOne of the disadvantages of almost universal education was the fact that all kinds of persons acquired a familiarity with one's favorite writers. It gave one a curious feeling; it was like seeing a drunken stranger wrapped in one's dressing gown.
Stella GibbonsYou have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex,' said Mrs. Smiling.
It is not that at all, and well you know it. On the whole, I dislike my fellow beings; I find them so difficult to understand. But I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me. Also, they are uncivilized.
She liked Victorian novels. They were the only kind of novel you could read while eating an apple.
Stella GibbonsThat would be delightful,' agreed Flora, thinking how nasty and boring it would be.
Stella GibbonsHe was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might have suspected mockery.
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