Quotations from

Dame Rose Macaulay

Quotes from Dame Rose Macaulay

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

—Dame Rose Macaulay

It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.

—Dame Rose Macaulay

At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.

—Dame Rose Macaulay

He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays—cynical, but hopeful.

—Dame Rose Macaulay