Jessica Mitford

“The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.”

“You may not be able to change the world, but you can embarrass the guilty.”

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

“My advice to anyone who wants to be a writer is: Don't. If you can't help it, then do.”

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

“It's a great mistake, I think, to put children off with falsehoods and nonsense, when their growing minds accommodate facts as easily.”

“Life itself is a communicable disease.”

“The real object of funeral rites is not to provide for the dead, but to comfort the living.”

“I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not sentimental about the past.”

“If you have a chance to be with people who are smarter than you, always take it. If you have a chance to be with people who are dumber than you, also take it.”

“Things are always better in the morning.”

“He did not know he could not fly, so he did.”

“I think the point of being an activist is to change things. If you are not changing things, you are not being an activist.”