Enid Bagnold

If I had my life over again[, ] I'd have thought more about words. And thought about them earlier. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#life

When a man goes through six years training to be a doctor he will never be the same. He knows too much. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#doctor #goes #knows #man #much

As for death one gets used to it, even if it's only other people's death you get used to. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#even #get #gets #only #other

A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#again #always #baby #back #father

The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#called #different #effect #exists #hit

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#built #compromise #gross #name #second

Judges don't age; time decorates them. ↗

— Enid Bagnold

#judges #them #time