Don't Look at Me Like That Quotes

“Rock bottom is solid, so that you can rest on it, which is not agreeable but is a relief after years of treading water.”
― Diana Athill, Don't Look at Me Like That

“I felt hurt and frightened by their dislike and attributed it to specific things which were not my fault but of which I was ashamed, such as the woollen combinations which I had to wear during my first term.

None of the other girls had even seen combinations. They were vests and pants in one, made of porridge-coloured wool, with sleeves reaching halfway down the upper arm and legs reaching halfway down the thigh. They buttoned over the chest, had an obscene vent between the legs, and were very warm.”
― Diana Athill, Don't Look at Me Like That