Top 7 Quotes by Helen Waddell

... was there no one over thirty-five who had not some secret agony, some white-faced fear? Half one's life one walked carelessly, certain that some day one would have one's heart's desire: and for the rest of it, one

... was there no one over thirty-five who had not some secret agony, some white-faced fear? Half one's life one walked carelessly, certain that some day one would have one's heart's desire: and for the rest of it, one either goes empty, or walks carrying a full cup, afraid of every step.

Helen Waddell

Heart, Agony, White

Helen Waddell (2013). “Peter Abelard”, p.88, Read Books Ltd

for ... austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.

Helen Waddell

Europe, Debt, World

Helen Waddell (2000). “The Wandering Scholars of the Middle Ages”, p.24, Courier Corporation

Shipwreck in youth is sorrowful enough, but one looks for storms at the spring equinox. Yet it is the September equinox that drowns.

Helen Waddell

Spring, Storm, Looks

Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”

It is only the happy who are hard, Gilles. I think perhaps it is better for the world if - if one has a broken heart. One is quick to recognise it, elsewhere. And one has time to think about other people, if there is nothing left to hope for any more.

Helen Waddell

Heart, Thinking, Compassion

Helen Waddell (1965). “Peter Abelard”