Maggie O'Farrell Quotes About House

Quotes about: House

• There was so much anti-Irish sentiment not just from other kids at the school I went to in Britain, but also the teachers themselves. I remember very clearly a lot of the things people said to me and my sisters. And of course those sentiments go back a long way. When my dad visited London in the 50s and was looking for somewhere to stay, there were signs outside boarding houses that said "No blacks, no Irish."

  Maggie O'Farrell

  Teacher, Dad, School

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Spending a lot of time away from home was strange. My parents visited me, obviously, but I was in hospital a lot, alone. And then when my health had improved a bit and I was in a sick-bed in the house, with the life of the house going on around me, that was very vivid for me. I always think that's a bit like the position of a novelist in a novel, going through drafts: there but not there, one remove from reality.

  Maggie O'Farrell

  Home, Reality, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• I think it was Rose Macaulay who said, "A house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived."

  Maggie O'Farrell

  Thinking, Rose, House

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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