“Mary, you know I hate parties. My idea of hell is a very large party in a cold room where everybody has to play hockey properly.”

“Haven't you enough money?'For she knew that this is what is the matter with nearly everybody over twenty-five.”

“You have the most revolting Florence Nightingale complex,' said Mrs. Smiling.It is not that at all, and well you know it. On the whole, I dislike my fellow beings; I find them so difficult to understand. But I have a tidy mind and untidy lives irritate me. Also, they are uncivilized.”

“There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm”

“Ah but' 'there'll be no butter in hell!”

“On the whole, Cold Comfort was not without its promise of mystery and excitement.”

“Like all really strong-minded women, on whom everybody flops, she adored being bossed about. It was so restful.”