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

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

Josephine Tey
Desire, Three, Newspapers
Josephine Tey (1998). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.155, Simon and Schuster

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.

Josephine Tey
Heart, Games, Rivers
Josephine Tey (2013). “The Daughter of Time”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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

Josephine Tey
Children, People, Tragedy
Josephine Tey (2013). “The Daughter of Time”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

Fasting was good for the imagination but bad for logic.

Josephine Tey
Imagination, Fasting, Logic
Josephine Tey (2012). “A Shilling for Candles”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

There were people whose only interest in life was writing letters. To the newspapers, to authors, to strangers, to City Councils, to the police. It did not much matter to whom; the satisfaction of writing seemed to be all.

Josephine Tey
Writing, Cities, People
Josephine Tey, Robert Barnard (1996). “The Singing Sands”, p.110, Simon and Schuster

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