L.P (Leslie Poles) Hartley, writer known for novels and short stories, was born on this date in 1895. His best known work is The Go-Between, which was made into a 1971 film with a star cast, in an adaptation by Harold Pinter.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The future was to be a laborious business.
It's better to write about things you feel than about things you know about.
To bleed from many wounds may be more serious than to bleed from one, but the pain, being less localised, is also easier for the mind to bear.
To see things as they really were—what an impoverishment!
Knowledge may be power, but it is not resilience, or resourcefulness, or adaptability to life.
Nothing is ever a lady’s fault.
What causes wars, what makes them drag on so interminably, but the fear of losing face?
The civilian world was a dull place, a tired three-piece orchestra, waiting for the word ‘fun’.
And everyone assured him that he would never be a man until he learned how to drive.
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