“Aye, you're neither one thing nor yet quite t'other. Pity, but there 'tis.”
“tis true, 'tis pity, and 'tis pity, 'tis true.' what delightful things we might do were it not for Mrs. Harmon Andrews!”
“That he's mad, 'tis true,'tis true 'tis pity,And pity 'tis, 'tis true—a foolish figure,”
“Aye, ‘tis a legend. Yet, ‘tis also true. Cause that ship sailed under a different name once. Her name was Banshee’s Cry, and she was a fine ship. She was … my ship.Captain Daniel 'Drake' Davies.”
“You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet -- you've not got your niche in creation.~ The Well of Loneliness, 1928 ”
“I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.”