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Naomi Mitchison Quotes

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

Naomi Mitchison
Keys, Democracy, Faster
Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers

All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.

Naomi Mitchison
Sex, Togas, Lovers

The lesser evil is also evil.

Naomi Mitchison
Success, Evil, Lesser Evil
Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers

does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?

Naomi Mitchison
Two, People, Way

there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.

Naomi Mitchison
Disappointment, Fall, Thinking

the best committee's a committee of one!

Naomi Mitchison
Committees
Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers

Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value.

Naomi Mitchison
Taken, Party, Giving
Naomi Mitchison (1990). “A Girl Must Live: Stories and Poems”

... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.

Naomi Mitchison
Fishing, Two, Care
Naomi Mitchison (1997). “Lobsters on the Agenda”, Birlinn Publishers

I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.

Naomi Mitchison
Book, Thinking, People

Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.

Naomi Mitchison
Fathers Day, Safety, Fatherhood

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