Of course you have to believe in destiny; that everything is sheer chance is an intolerable notion. Fay Weldon More Quotes by Fay Weldon More Quotes From Fay Weldon People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said. Fay Weldon expectationspeoplethinking by and large, nothing is as bad as you fear, or as good as you hope. Fay Weldon hopeexpectationsfear I am not cynical. I am just old. I know what is going to happen next. Fay Weldon cynicalnexthappens Marriage is what happens when one at least of the partners doesn't want the other to get away. Fay Weldon get-awaypartnerswant Because one cause is bad does not make the opposing cause good. Fay Weldon logiccausesdoe Poetry, I thought then, and still do, is a matter of space on the page interrupted by a few well-chosen words, to give them importance. Prose is a less grand affair which has to stretch to the edges of the page to be convincing. Fay Weldon spacepoetrygiving Letters crossing in the post, unfamiliar tunes heard three times in one day, the way that blows of fate descend upon the same bowed shoulders, and the beams of good fortune glow perpetually upon the blessed. Fairy tales, as I said, are lived out daily. There is far more going on in the world than we ever imagine. Fay Weldon fateblessedlife One can learn, at least. One can go on learning until the day one is cut off. Fay Weldon learningcuttinggoes-on one learns best, and writes best, in a state of defiance. Fay Weldon learningstateswriting Instinct' usually just means our conditioning to believe this or believe that, without thinking to investigate. Fay Weldon meanbelievethinking Sound waves do not die out. They travel forever and forever. All our sentences are immortal. Our useless bleatings circle the universe for all eternity. Fay Weldon circlessoundforever Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society. Fay Weldon elementsliteraturefiction If you put a woman in a man's position, she will be more efficient, but no more kind. Fay Weldon kindacceptancemen All mothers love their own children as best they can, according to their temperament and circumstances, and all mothers should have done better, in their children's eyes, when the going gets tough for the children. Fay Weldon eyemotherchildren Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully. Fay Weldon youwomenchildrenpeople There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. Fay Weldon oldold-agesorrowage People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe. Fay Weldon uscreditbelievepeople The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. Fay Weldon greatestthingsindividualpeople No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction. Fay Weldon morenevermanhappy I love acting. It is so much more real than life. Fay Weldon actingreallovelife
