Top 7 Quotes by E.F. Benson

There's many things in this world that will depress you, and make you good for nothing, if you take them seriously, and that cheer you up if you don't.

There's many things in this world that will depress you, and make you good for nothing, if you take them seriously, and that cheer you up if you don't.

E.F. Benson

Depressing, Cheer, World

E. F. Benson (2014). “Delphi Works of E. F. Benson with the Complete Mapp and Lucia Novels (Illustrated)”, p.3230, Delphi Classics

Vermouth always makes me brilliant unless it makes me idiotic.

E.F. Benson

Brilliant, Idiotic

E. F. Benson (2015). “The Collected Works of E. F. Benson (Illustrated): Dodo Trilogy, Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp, David Blaize, The Room in The Tower, Paying Guests, The Relentless City, The Angel of Pain, The Rubicon and more”, p.136, e-artnow

When one is happy there is no time to be fatigued; being happy engrosses the whole attention.

E.F. Benson

Happiness, Inner Peace, Eulogy

E.F. Benson (2015). “Daisy's Aunt”, p.40, Sheba Blake Publishing

The hours of the morning between breakfast and lunch were the time which the inhabitants of Riseholme chiefly devoted to spying on each other.

E.F. Benson

Morning, Lunch, Breakfast

E F Benson (2014). “Mapp and Lucia Omnibus: Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia”, p.43, Random House

An idea so luminous flashed across her brain that she almost thought the room had leaped into light.

E.F. Benson

Light, Ideas, Brain

E. F. Benson (2015). “MAKE WAY FOR LUCIA - Complete Mapp and Lucia Series (6 Novels & 2 Short Story Collections): Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp, Lucia in London, Mapp and Lucia, Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia, Trouble for Lucia, The Male Impersonator and Desirable Residences”, p.339, e-artnow

...vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on the shore cannot be considered an employment but only an apotheosis of loafing. ("Expiation")

E.F. Benson

Sea, Employment, Apotheosis

E. F. Benson (2015). “Spook Stories - Complete Collection: 25 Supernatural, Mystery, Ghost and Haunting Tales”, p.80, e-artnow

Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.

E.F. Benson

Dream, Memories, Book

E. F. Benson (2014). “Delphi Works of E. F. Benson with the Complete Mapp and Lucia Novels (Illustrated)”, p.6990, Delphi Classics