Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm Quotes

“Some people believe that an attractive woman cannot stop men falling in love with her; but she can. If she really, in her deepest heart, does not want it, neither will they.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“Green fingers was the country name for time, patience and love working together.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“In fact, she behaved like most of us do when in love; she never thought of her beloved as a human being at all, but only as an image upon which to drape dreams.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“There you are, you see. It’s no use. You’ve chosen to be a married person. You mustn’t expect to lead the life of a bachelor.’ ‘But”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“languidly.The party had now reached Stage Five, or Regrets For a Mis-Spent Past; this would be followed by Stage Six, the Belligerent, and Stage Seven, the Amorous or Final.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“The party had now reached State Three, which is reached by most parties about three hours after they start. Stage Three (following on the Frozen and the Anecdotal Stages) is the Feats of Physical Strength Stage.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“She felt that if she had to spend another year of interesting, congenial work during the days, and sensitive, cultured, intelligent talk in the evenings, she would go mad or die.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“Miller had gone off on some affairs of his own, as he always did when the routine at Bryant’s was interrupted, for he was a selfish dog who hated any break in his habits.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“Miller had gone off on some affairs of his own, as he always did when the routine at Bryant’s was interrupted, for he was a selfish dog who hated any break in his habits. His departure seemed the last straw”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“She could not be said to dislike Colonel Trumpet so much as not to notice he was there.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“The splendid rewards of life had marched by without sweeping him into their army of happily fulfilled beings;”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“fundamental difference in approach can make the short stories of Stella Gibbons seem somewhat obvious in their tone. And yet this is misleading: these stories are not obvious at all; they simply adhere to a storytelling convention that has been lost sight of in our quest for greater depth of characterization and psychological insight.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

“This means the literary effect is not the main concern here; the author is more concerned with plot. And that plot must be relatively straightforward, must involve, if at all possible, a twist or two, and must bring resolution.”
― Stella Gibbons, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm