“ I refuse to consign the whole male sex to the nursery. I insist on believing that some men are my equals. Brigid Brophy
“ Sentimentalist” is the abuse with which people counter the accusation that they are cruel, thereby implying that to be sentimental is worse than to be cruel, which it isn’t. Brigid Brophy
“ I told some imprecisely imagined interlocutor that each year I hoped to have outgrown being moved by the autumn and each year I hadn't Brigid Brophy
“ When sonneteering Wordsworth re-creates the landing of Mary Queen of Scots at the mouth of the Derwent -Dear to the Loves, and to the Graces vowed,The Queen drew back the wimple that she wore- he unve… Brigid Brophy
“ Manners are for those who have neither beauty or talent but want people to like them despite their lack of attractions Brigid Brophy
“ In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play or novel does not immediately engage one's surface interest the… Brigid Brophy
