Dilys Laing Professions : Poet Born : 1906 Died : 1960 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Dilys Laing I put down my book, The Meaning of Zen, and see the cat smiling into her fur as she delicately combs it with her rough pink tongue. 'Cat, I would lend you this book to study but it appears you have already read it.' She looks up and gives me her full gaze. 'Don't be ridiculous,' she purrs, 'I wrote it.' Dilys Laing cat animal book To be a woman and a writer is double mischief, for the world will slight her who slights "the servile house," and who would rather make odes than beds. Dilys Laing bed house justice Women receive he insults of men with tolerance, having been bitten in the nipple by their toothless gums. Dilys Laing gum tolerance men memory is a storm I can't repel. Dilys Laing storm i-can memories Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
