E.M. Delafield Quotes

Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

Inequalities of Fate very curious. Should like, on this account, to believe in Reincarnation.

Are modern children going to revolt against being modern, and if so, what form will reaction of modern parents take?

Most Englishmen are convinced that God is an Englishman, probably educated at Eton.

Every Englishman is an average Englishman: it is a national characteristic.

Am sorry to note that abuse and condemnation of a common acquaintance often constitutes very strong bond of union between otherwise uncongenial spirits.

There is a certain strong sense of inner conviction that strikes, with a pang as that of birth, through the very soul, and which is experienced but once or twice in a lifetime.