Pamela Hansford Johnson Quotes

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

True, May, Matter

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

Wife, Him, Devil

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

Level, Scars, Fond

I hated the bangs in the war: I always felt a silent war would be more tolerable.
Pamela Hansford Johnson

War, Silent, Felt

Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
Pamela Hansford Johnson

Saints, Acceptable

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
Pamela Hansford Johnson

Fire, Water, Sky

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: May 29, 1912

Died: June 18, 1981

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