Winifred Holtby

“Most of us are what we are because of the circumstances of our lives.”

“I was born to be a spinster, and by God, I'm going to spin.”

“The first thing to do, if you want to be a writer, is to write.”

“Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me to live.”

“For what is the use of conquering the world if we lose our own souls?”

“The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.”

“It is not the business of the artist to be a finger-pointer.”

“The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.”

“We are all born, and we all die. In between, we live. And in that living, we have a choice.”

“A desire to have all the good things of life is a sign of a healthy nature.”