Helen Waddell Quotes

• ... was there no one over thirty-five who had not some secret agony, some white-faced fear? Half one's life one walked carelessly, certain that some day one would have one's heart's desire: and for the rest of it, one either goes empty, or walks carrying a full cup, afraid of every step.

  Helen Waddell

  Heart, Agony, White

  Helen Waddell (2013). “Peter Abelard”, p.88, Read Books Ltd

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• for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.

  Helen Waddell

  Europe, Debt, World

  Helen Waddell (2000). “The Wandering Scholars of the Middle Ages”, p.24, Courier Corporation

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• Shipwreck in youth is sorrowful enough, but one looks for storms at the spring equinox. Yet it is the September equinox that drowns.

  Helen Waddell

  Spring, Storm, Looks

  Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

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• It is only the happy who are hard, Gilles. I think perhaps it is better for the world if - if one has a broken heart. One is quick to recognise it, elsewhere. And one has time to think about other people, if there is nothing left to hope for any more.

  Helen Waddell

  Corazón, Pensamiento, Compasión

  Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

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• But what was the desire of the flesh beside the desire of the mind?

  Helen Waddell

  Mind, Desire, Flesh

  Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

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• Truth has as many coats as an onion ... and each one of them hollow when you peel it off.

  Helen Waddell

  Truth, Onions, Coats

  Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

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• Being a sick man is like being a log caught in a stream, Gilles. All the straws gather around it.

  Helen Waddell

  Men, Sick, Illness

  Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

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