Margaret Drabble

When nothing is sure, everything is possible. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#nothing #possible #sure

Family life itself, that safest, most traditional, most approved of female choices, is not a sanctuary: It is, perpetually, a dangerous place. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#approved #choices #dangerous #dangerous place #family life

Nothing succeeds, they say, like success. And certainly nothing fails like failure. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#fails #failure #like #nothing #say

The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#compensates #misery #pleasure #rare #seen

Nothing fails like failure. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#failure #like #nothing

The human mind can bear plenty of reality but not too much intermittent gloom. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

#gloom #human #human mind #mind #much