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Cold Comfort Farm Quotes

I saw something nasty in the woodshed.

I saw something nasty in the woodshed.

Stella Gibbons
Saws, Nasty, Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm ch. 10 (1932)

There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons
Comfort, Cold, Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Nature is all very well in her place, but she must not be allowed to make things untidy.

Stella Gibbons
Cold Comfort Farm, Wells
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

I do not object to the phenomena, but I do object to the parrot.

Stella Gibbons
Parrots, Cold Comfort Farm, Objects
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit.

Stella Gibbons
Rudeness, Manners, Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.

Stella Gibbons
Strong, Strong Minded, Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons (1977). “Cold comfort farm”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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