Pamela Hansford Johnson Quotes

#1. We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#2. You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#3. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#4. I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#5. The most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#6. I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found the words for it.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#7. Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

Pamela Hansford Johnson

#8. The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

Pamela Hansford Johnson