Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Naomi Mitchison

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Scottish novelist Naomi Mitchison.

Last updated on December 24, 2024.

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison was a Scottish novelist and poet. Often called a doyenne of Scottish literature, she wrote over 90 books of historical and science fiction, travel writing and autobiography. Her husband Dick Mitchison's life peerage in 1964 entitled her to call herself Lady Mitchison, but she never did. Her 1931 work, The Corn King and the Spring Queen, is seen by some as the prime 20th-century historical novel.

Scottish - Novelist | November 1, 1897 - January 11, 1999

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The lesser evil is also evil.

Naomi Mitchison

... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing.

Naomi Mitchison

there is nothing sorer to the spirit than falling below what one's lover thinks of one.

Naomi Mitchison

I read a lot of archaeology and early history in a general way, not thinking particularly of this book, and this provided me with the background. It showed me how, possibly, the people lived back then.

Naomi Mitchison

It's possible to go faster than folk are ready for; that's the key to democracy.

Naomi Mitchison

Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his ear with one thumb tucked into it... All about him was safe.

Naomi Mitchison

All forms of sexual loving become acceptable if the lovers wear togas or wolfskins.

Naomi Mitchison

does one ever say the same thing in the same way to two different people?

Naomi Mitchison

Good will, that curious product of consciousness, of leisure and energy to spare and share. That thing we put out against the forces of interest. That extra thing. Religions and nations and political parties have taken it and used it as coinage, have said you must only give it in exchange for value.

Naomi Mitchison

the best committee's a committee of one!

Naomi Mitchison

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Naomi Mitchison

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