Quotes by Dame Rose Macaulay

Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes for years.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
It was a book to kill time for those who like it better dead.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
Love's a disease. But curable.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
– Dame Rose Macaulay
He felt about books as doctors feel about medicines, or managers about plays - cynical, but hopeful.
– Dame Rose Macaulay