Quotes by Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey

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

Independence

May

Men

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

Children

People

Tragedy

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

Desire

Newspapers

Three

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Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

Fasting

Imagination

Logic

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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.

Games

Heart

Rivers

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

Gambling

Horse

Men

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I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable.

Inevitable

Unfair

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

Enough

Long

Thinking

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In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

Behavior

Good Behavior

Hospitals

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It is not possible to love and be wise.

Being Wise

Wisdom

Wise

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Quotes by Josephine Tey

Josephine Tey

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

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

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

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

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

I expect this is what death is like when you meet it. Sort of wildly unfair but inevitable.

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

In hospitals there is no time off for good behavior.

It is not possible to love and be wise.

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