if death becomes cheap it is the watcher, not the dying, who is poisoned. Enid Bagnold More Quotes by Enid Bagnold More Quotes From Enid Bagnold A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. Enid Bagnold mother-daughter fathers-day baby Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it's the answer to everything. ... It's the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it's a cactus. Enid Bagnold oddities flower writing When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. Enid Bagnold doctors men years It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) -to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. When I look back on the pain of sex, the love like a wild fox so ready to bite, the antagonism that sits like a twin beside love, and contrast it with affection, so deeply unrepeatable, of two people who have lived a life together (and of whom one must die) it's the affection I find richer. It's that I would have again. Not all those doubtful rainbow colors. Enid Bagnold pain love sex I don't like people," said Velvet. "... I only like horses. Enid Bagnold horse velvet people The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. Enid Bagnold theatre names art One can lie, but truth is more interesting. Enid Bagnold truth lying interesting An only child is never twelve. Enid Bagnold only-child twelve children Before you fall asleep everyday, say something positive to yourself. Enid Bagnold everyday fall It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I mean to be fond of (as one is fond of oneself) --to hope, to be disappointed, to live inside the other heart. Enid Bagnold heart mean sex Judges don't age. Time decorates them. Enid Bagnold humorous judging funny I shall continue to explore-the astonishment of living. Enid Bagnold astonishment aging Let this serve as an axiom to every lover: A woman who refuses lunch refuses everything. Enid Bagnold dating lunch lovers As for death, one gets used to it, even if it is only other people is death you get used to. Enid Bagnold used death people I am not a born writer, but I was born a writer. Enid Bagnold born One's palate is reborn every morning! Enid Bagnold palate eating morning Isn't the fear of pain next brother to pain itself? Enid Bagnold pain brother fear The dangerous thing about hate is that it seems so reasonable. Enid Bagnold reasonable dangerous hate Dead news like dead love has no phoenix in its ashes. Enid Bagnold phoenix ashes news But I had been in love pretty often and I didn't think it stood the wear and tear. Enid Bagnold been-in-love tears thinking