Westwood Quotes

“A passion for the past is a form of yearning. It is doomed never to be satisfied and therefore, it can never be satisfying. And sometimes, it creates a horror of the present.”
― Stella Gibbons, Westwood

“I am not sure if a passion for the past is altogether satisfying. And sometimes it produces a horror of the present.’
‘That’s exactly what it is producing in me! I’m getting to hate everything contemporary. I expect you will say that the poor suffered horribly in the past; I know that, and I don’t care. It was all beautiful; that’s all that matters to me.’
‘I’m glad to hear you speak with such feeling; it shows enjoyment. Nevertheless, a passion for the past is a form of yearning. It is doomed never to be satisfied, and therefore can never be satisfying.”
― Stella Gibbons, Westwood

“if only I had someone who belonged only to me, and didn’t always have to go into other people’s homes and share with them; I want someone for my very own.”
― Stella Gibbons, Westwood

“I am not sure if a passion for the past is altogether satisfying. And sometimes it produces a horror of the present,' Lady Challis to Margaret Steggles in a plum tree”
― Stella Gibbons, Westwood

“You need what I call the Gentle Powers.’ ‘Oh, please tell me what they are!’ ‘Beauty, and Time, and the Past and Pity (their names sound like a band of angels, don’t they?) Laughter, too – you need calming and lifting into the light, not plunging into darkness and struggle.’ She”
― Stella Gibbons, Westwood