Jenny Joseph Quotes

• When I am old, I shall wear purple.

  Jenny Joseph

  Purple

  "Older and wiser: Carol Ann Duffy introduces poems of ageing". www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2010.

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• I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing.

  Jenny Joseph

  Doing Nothing, Sin, Raised

  The Observer, April 19, 1998.

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• The craziest, most selfish act is to commit suicide. When you kill yourself, you kill others.

  Jenny Joseph

  Suicide, Selfish, Killing Yourself

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• I can't stand purple. It doesn't suit me.

  Jenny Joseph

  Purple, Suits, I Can

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• When I am an old woman I shall wear purple,
  With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me,
  And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves,
  And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.

  Jenny Joseph

  Summer, July, Purple

  "Warning" l. 1 (1965)

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