Shelagh Delaney Quotes & Sayings

#1. I'm not afraid of the darkness outside.
It's the darkness inside houses I don't like.

#2. A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man

#3. I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.

#4. Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it's mark.

#5. [On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.

#6. My usual self is a very unusual self.

#7. The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.

#8. Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.

#9. Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.

#10. Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.

#11. Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.

#12. There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.

#13. I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect

#14. You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there.

#15. You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.

Shelagh Delaney Quotes