Quotes from Elizabeth Aston

When men are scared of a woman, they always accuse her of being mannish.

A man's looks are measured by the depth of his pockets.

One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love

Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.

Sense is apt to fly out of the window when a girl falls in love.

People make one happy, not houses.

Innocence might be its own reward, but when it boardered on naivete, if not stupidity, it was unforgivable.

You'll meet someone else; there are more fish in the sea, as the saying is, than ever came out of it.

When we are young, we make gods and goddesses of one another, then we soon come to realize that we are all merely human and imperfect.

Some young ladies meet a man and from there it is all plain sailing, but this is not the usual way it happens.

It's the same with kids and a diet of coke, hamburgers and nasty little crunchy snacks. If they like it, why worry about them eating fruit and veg and other more demanding food? And I'll tell you why worry, because otherwise their teeth will all fall out and they'll all pop off early from degenerative diseases. You can't thrive on pap, you know. Not in food, not in music, not in education, not in religion.

Problems escaped from aren't problems resolved

The Brethren? Whatever for? Do they wash a lot? Baptisms, wet clothes, that sort of thing?' 'Of course not. It was a museum piece; they took it off to sell it. They're very keen on money. I think they're dishonest, too.

because he's so boring he makes you yawn just thinking about him.

People aren't the same when they've lived in India. It changes them, I've often noticed it.

They had learned a lot in those lean times. Brilliant, gifted students, both of them, cosseted and given awards and appreciated; it had come as a rude shock. It had taught them to woo audiences, to ignore their surroundings, to welcome their listeners, however few; and to please them.

when you consider they didn't grow up together.

You see,' he continued, 'I just don't think most modern life forges your mind and heart and soul the way facing storms at sea in a fragile boat, or sailing beyond the limits of the known world once did. Look at the way my ancestors batted off to the Middle East and all across Europe. Terribly dangerous, and exciting and life-enhancing.

One remembers horrors, I think, for the rest of one's life, but memories do not always remain so sharp, and with time, and new circumstance, do not affect us so powerfully.

Love has no place in a lawyer's office.

It's not what you want in this life, it's what you get that you have to do with.

What is right for one couple is wrong for another. I would say that there are many more important factors to a happy marriage.

Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men.

There are people who may be trusted, men as well as women. There are are as many difference in their natures as there are flowers in these meadows.