Quotes by Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton

A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.

Disposition

Evaluation

Men

A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past.

Fallen

Men

Past

All men want their whores to be unhappy.

Men

Unhappy

Want

Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.

Different

Moving

Would Be

For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.

Imagination

Men

Self Esteem

I have observed that male writers tend to get asked what they think and women what they feel,” she says. “In my experience, and that of a lot of other women writers, all of the questions coming at them from interviewers tend to be about how lucky they are to be where they are – about luck and identity and how the idea struck them. The interviews much more seldom engage with the woman as a serious thinker, a philosopher, as a person with preoccupations that are going to sustain them for their lifetime.

Ideas

Luck

Thinking

I often feel intellectually frustrated when I’m in a position where I’m not moving forward; when I’m not enquiring about something.

Feels

Frustrated

Moving

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

Adventure

Writing

Years

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good.

Disappointment

Effort

Littles

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

Facts

Speech

Thinking

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Adventure

Astrology

Clever

Company

Dawn

Desire

Different

Disappointment

Disposition

Effort

Enjoyed

Essence

Evaluation

Facts

Fallen

Feels

Frustrated

Girl

Giving

Greed

Heart

Human Nature

Ideas

Imagination

Kind

Language

Life

Littles

Loner

Love

Luck

Mean

Men

Moving

Past

Perfect

Perspective

Point Of View

Psychology

Race

Real

Reason

Reason Why

Remember

School

Self

Self Esteem

Social

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Quotes by Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton

A man ought never to trust another mans evaluation of a third mans disposition.

A woman fallen has no future; a man risen has no past.

All men want their whores to be unhappy.

Astrologys a moving system that depends on where youre looking at it from on Earth. My horoscope here in London would be completely different to down in New Zealand.

I often feel intellectually frustrated when I’m in a position where I’m not moving forward; when I’m not enquiring about something.

I really wanted to write an adventure story, a murder-mystery that was set during the gold-rush years in New Zealand.

I see disappointment as something small and aggregate rather than something unified or great. With a little effort, every failure can be turned into something good.

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its so supple and sly.

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