Penelope Fitzgerald
Penelope Fitzgerald (17 December 1916 - 28 April 2000) was an English poet, novelist and biographer. She was the daughter of Edward Knox, one of the four Knox Brothers about whom she wrote a book.
6 Quotes
It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
However, no two people see the external world in exactly the same way. To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is --in other words, not a thing, but a think.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Truth ensures trust, but not victory, or even happiness.
— Penelope Fitzgerald
Love without hope grows in its own atmosphere, and should encourage the imagination ….
— Penelope Fitzgerald
… women like to live on their imagination. // It’s all they can afford, most of them.
— Penelope Fitzgerald