Alice Thomas Ellis Quotes

Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the really important things of life.

Death is the last enemy: once we've got past that I think everything will be alright.

There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.

Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence.

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.