E.F. Benson Quotes

• There's many things in this world that will depress you, and make you good for nothing, if you take them seriously, and that cheer you up if you don't.

  E.F. Benson

  Depressing, Cheer, World

  E. F. Benson (2014). “Delphi Works of E. F. Benson with the Complete Mapp and Lucia Novels (Illustrated)”, p.3230, Delphi Classics

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• Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.

  E.F. Benson

  Brilliant, Idiotic

  E. F. Benson (2015). “The Collected Works of E. F. Benson (Illustrated): Dodo Trilogy, Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp, David Blaize, The Room in The Tower, Paying Guests, The Relentless City, The Angel of Pain, The Rubicon and more”, p.136, e-artnow

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• When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

  E.F. Benson

  Happiness, Inner Peace, Eulogy

  E.F. Benson (2015). “Daisy's Aunt”, p.40, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.

  E.F. Benson

  Morning, Lunch, Breakfast

  E F Benson (2014). “Mapp and Lucia Omnibus: Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia”, p.43, Random House

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• An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.

  E.F. Benson

  Light, Ideas, Brain

  E. F. Benson (2015). “MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - Complete Mapp and Lucia Series (6 Novels & 2 Short Story Collections): Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp, Lucia in London, Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia, Trouble for Lucia, The Male Impersonator and Desirable Residences”, p.339, e-artnow

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• ...la vecindad con el mar es deseable, porque es más fácil no hacer nada junto al mar que en cualquier otro lugar, y porque bañarse y tomar el sol en la orilla no puede considerarse un empleo, sino sólo una apoteosis de holgazanería. ("Expiación")

  E.F. Benson

  Sea, Employment, Apotheosis

  E. F. Benson (2015). “Spook Stories - Complete Collection: 25 Supernatural, Mystery, Ghost and Haunting Tales”, p.80, e-artnow

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• Emocionalmente, no tengo ningún libro ilustrado con recuerdos de mis primeros cinco años, pero externamente, tengo impresiones que poseen una inquietante viveza sólo comparable a la textura de los sueños, cuando los sueños están tumultuosamente vivos.

  E.F. Benson

  Sueño, Recuerdos, Libro

  E. F. Benson (2014). “Delphi Works of E. F. Benson with the Complete Mapp and Lucia Novels (Illustrated)”, p.6990, Delphi Classics

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