Tom Tiddler's Ground Quotes

“Now I must slip into a bright little overall and dish up our quite offensively simple meal. “There will always be an England,” I say to myself, as I pop the cottage-pie into the oven.”
― Ursula Orange, Tom Tiddler’s Ground

“In the old days—ah, but in the old days life was simpler. No woman in it to complicate matters. Women: Maudie, Constance, Lavinia—a blasted nuisance each one of them. And the funny thing was, he didn’t really care about women—never had. Could almost have done without them really.”
― Ursula Orange, Tom Tiddler’s Ground