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Hope Mirrlees Quotes

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.

Hope Mirrlees
House, Needs, Furniture
Hope Mirrlees (2007). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.136, Wildside Press LLC

There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.

Hope Mirrlees
Doe, Fairy, Angle
Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.54, F+W Media, Inc.

In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope; and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell.

Hope Mirrlees
Horse, Memories, Men
Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.247, F+W Media, Inc.

Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart; and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive".

Hope Mirrlees
Pain, Heart, Pride
Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.125, F+W Media, Inc.

Reason I know, is only a drug, and, as such, its effects are never permanent. But, like the juice of the poppy, it often gives a temporary relief.

Hope Mirrlees
Giving, Drug, Poppies
Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.53, F+W Media, Inc.

The round towers of the castles looked as if they were so firmly encrusted in the sky that, to get to their other side, one would have to hew out a passage through the celestial marble.

Hope Mirrlees
Sky, Castles, Towers
Hope Mirrlees (2012). “Lud-in-the-Mist”, p.62, F+W Media, Inc.

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