Top 9 Quotes by Ronald Blythe

I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?

I sometimes think that God will ask us, 'That wonderful world of mine, why didn't you enjoy it more?

Ronald Blythe

Thinking, World, Sometimes

Ronald Blythe (2007). “Out of the Valley: Another Year at Wormingford”, p.18, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

Acceptance of death when it arrives is one thing, but to allow it to upstage the joys of living is ingratitude.

Ronald Blythe

Acceptance, Joy, One Thing

Ronald Blythe (1984). “Characters & Their Landscapes”, Harvest Books

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Ronald Blythe

Appreciate, Appreciate Life, Novel

Ronald Blythe (1979). “The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age”, p.13, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there.

Ronald Blythe

Memories, Journey, Past

Ronald Blythe (1979). “The View in Winter: Reflections on Old Age”, p.38, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

Ronald Blythe

Church, Helping, Bathroom

'The Age of Illusion' (1963) ch. 12

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.

Ronald Blythe

Long, People, Special