Hope Mirrlees Inspirational Quotes (4)

A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.

In [man's] mouth is ever the bittersweet taste of life and death, unknown to the trees. Without respite he is dragged by the two wild horses, memory and hope and he is tormented by a secret that he can never tell.

Pride and resentment are not indigenous to the human heart and perhaps it is due to the gardener's innate love of the exotic that we take such pains to make them thrive.

There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy.