Shelagh Delaney

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

“[JO watches her go, leaning against the doorpost. Then she looks round the room, smiling a little to herself -- she remembers GEOF.]JO: As I was going up Pippin Hill,Pippin Hill was dirty. And there I met a pretty miss,And she dropped me a curtsy.Little miss, pretty miss,Blessings light upon you.If I had half a crown a day,I'd gladly spend it on you.Curtain.”

“a woman's got as much right -and more cause- to get drunk than any man”

“Has difficulty distinguishing fact from fiction. This girl is a liar. Expect Improvement next term.”

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

“This isn't such a bad place to be though. I imagine you could get very fond of it from a distance.”

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

“Oh! I must take my shoes off. Huh! Hell hath no fury like a woman's corns, has it?”

“My usual self is a very unusual self.”

“I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.”