Josephine Tey Quotes

A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary Josephine Tey Picture Quote

A thousand people drowned in floods in China are news: a solitary

— Josephine Tey

It’s an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts Josephine Tey Picture Quote

It’s an odd thing but when you tell someone the true facts

— Josephine Tey

After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

After three days without one, the desire to read a newspaper vanished.

— Josephine Tey

You can’t have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn’t there. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

You can’t have a tin can tied to your tail and go through life pretending it isn’t there.

— Josephine Tey

Letterwriting is the natural outlet of the “odds.” The busy-bodies, the idle, Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Letterwriting is the natural outlet of the “odds.” The busy-bodies, the idle,

— Josephine Tey

The trouble with you, dear, is that you think an angel of Josephine Tey Picture Quote

The trouble with you, dear, is that you think an angel of

— Josephine Tey

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

If you think about the unthinkable long enough it becomes quite reasonable.

— Josephine Tey

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Horse sense is the instinct that keeps horses from betting on men.

— Josephine Tey

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it Josephine Tey Picture Quote

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it

— Josephine Tey

Riches … don’t consist in having things, but in not having to do Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Riches … don’t consist in having things, but in not having to do

— Josephine Tey

Most people’s first books are their best anyways. It’s the one they wanted most to write. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Most people’s first books are their best anyways. It’s the one they wanted most to write.

— Josephine Tey

Weak people can be very stubborn. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Weak people can be very stubborn.

— Josephine Tey

He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He Josephine Tey Picture Quote

He knew by heart every last minute crack on its surface. He

— Josephine Tey

The truth of anything at all doesn’t lie in someone’s account of Josephine Tey Picture Quote

The truth of anything at all doesn’t lie in someone’s account of

— Josephine Tey

Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Nothing in this world came out of satisfaction. Except the human race.

— Josephine Tey

The worst of pushing horrible things down into one’s subconscious is that Josephine Tey Picture Quote

The worst of pushing horrible things down into one’s subconscious is that

— Josephine Tey

There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To Josephine Tey Picture Quote

There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To

— Josephine Tey

It is not possible to love and be wise. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

It is not possible to love and be wise.

— Josephine Tey

It is the utterly destructive quality. When you say vanity, you are Josephine Tey Picture Quote

It is the utterly destructive quality. When you say vanity, you are

— Josephine Tey

Truth is often terribly thin, don’t you think? Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Truth is often terribly thin, don’t you think?

— Josephine Tey

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

A man may own a ship, but unless he is captain of a crew he goes where the ship goes.

— Josephine Tey

That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months Josephine Tey Picture Quote

That was the way with grief: it left you alone for months

— Josephine Tey

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

— Josephine Tey

Nothing puts things in perspective as quickly as a mountain. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Nothing puts things in perspective as quickly as a mountain.

— Josephine Tey

Nothing great ever came out of common sense. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Nothing great ever came out of common sense.

— Josephine Tey

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive.

— Josephine Tey

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it.

— Josephine Tey

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

— Josephine Tey

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive Josephine Tey Picture Quote

It was pleasant to talk shop again; to use that elliptical, allusive

— Josephine Tey

Truth isn’t in accounts but in account-books. Josephine Tey Picture Quote

Truth isn’t in accounts but in account-books.

— Josephine Tey

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