Nancy Mitford: Quotes about life

Nancy Mitford was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on life.

Nancy Mitford: 18 quotes3 likes

“You've no idea how long life goes on and how many, many changes it brings. Young people seem to imagine that it's over in a flash, that they do this thing, or that thing, and then die, but I can assure you they are quite wrong.”

Source: Love in a Cold Climate and Other Novels

“Life is sometimes sad and often dull, but there are currants in the cake, and here is one of them.”

Nancy Mitford book The Pursuit of Love

Source: The Pursuit of Love

“Life itself, she thought, as she went upstairs to dress for dinner, was stranger than dreams and far, far more disordered.”

Nancy Mitford book Christmas Pudding

Source: Christmas Pudding

“But I think she would have been happy with Fabrice,' I said. 'He was the great love of her life, you know.'
Oh, dulling,' said my mother, sadly. 'One always thinks that. Every, every time.”

Source: The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate