Josephine Tey Quotes - Page 2

• After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished. And really, one was happier without.

  Josephine Tey

  Desire, Three, Newspapers

  Josephine Tey (1998). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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• He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He had made maps of the ceiling and gone exploring on them; rivers, islands, and continents. He had made guessing games of it and discovered hidden objects; faces, birds, and fishes. He made mathematical calculations of it and rediscovered his childhood; theorems, angles, and triangles. There was practically nothing else he could do but look at it. He hated the sight of it.

  Josephine Tey

  Heart, Games, Rivers

  Josephine Tey (2013). “The Daughter of Time”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary child drowned in a pond is tragedy.

  Josephine Tey

  Children, People, Tragedy

  Josephine Tey (2013). “The Daughter of Time”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

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• Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

  Josephine Tey

  Imagination, Fasting, Logic

  Josephine Tey (2012). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

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• There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.

  Josephine Tey

  Writing, Cities, People

  Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard (1996). “The Singing Sands”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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