Shelagh Delaney Quotes

• Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Years, Mind, Three

  'A Taste of Honey' (1959) act 1, sc. 2

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• A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man

  Shelagh Delaney

  Men, Drunk, Causes

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• Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it’s mark.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Mark

  Shelagh Delaney (1961). “The Lion in Love: A Play”, London : Methuen

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• The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Absence, Consolation, Ultimate

  Shelagh Delaney (1959). “A Taste of Honey: A Play”, p.17, Grove Press

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• You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Love, Love You, Needs

  Shelagh Delaney (2014). “A Taste Of Honey”, p.88, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Mistake, Half, My Mistakes

  Shelagh Delaney (2014). “A Taste of Honey”, p.31, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Eye, Hard, Ifs

  Shelagh Delaney (1961). “The Lion in Love: A Play”, London : Methuen

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• I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.

  Shelagh Delaney

  House, Darkness, Not Afraid

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• My usual self is a very unusual self.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Self, Usual, Unusual

  Shelagh Delaney (2014). “A Taste of Honey”, p.38, Bloomsbury Publishing

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• Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Leadership, Sports, Fun

  Shelagh Delaney (1963). “Sweetly Sings the Donkey”

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• There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Order, Secret, Spy

  Shelagh Delaney (1963). “Sweetly Sings the Donkey”

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• I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect

  Shelagh Delaney

  Drinking, People, Sorrow

  Shelagh Delaney (1963). “Sweetly Sings the Donkey”

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• You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Firsts, Remember, Thirds

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• I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Sick, Safe

  Shelagh Delaney (1963). “Sweetly Sings the Donkey”

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• [On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.

  Shelagh Delaney

  Country, Winter, Two

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