“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.””
The Witching Hour
Quotes by Anne Manning
“Cut the ending. Revise the script. The man of her dreams is a girl.””
Keeping You a Secret
“Love? Be it man. Be it woman.It must be a wave you want to glide in on,give your body to it, give your laugh to it,give, when the gravelly sand takes you,your tears to the land. To love another is somethinglike prayer and can't be planned, you just fallinto its arms because your belief undoes your disbelief.””
The Complete Poems
“I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be. All novels are or should be written for both men and women to read, and I am at a loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man.””
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“It turned out this man worked for the Dalai Lama. And she said gently-that they believe when a lot of things start going wrong all at once, it is to protect something big and lovely that is trying to get itself born-and that this something needs for you to be distracted so that it can be born as perfectly as possible.””
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
“Paper is more patient than man.””
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Manning
Anne Manning was a British novelist and poet, known for her contributions to the literary scene of the 19th century. Born in 1807, she began her writing career in a time when women authors were increa...