“Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and ha...” — Rachel Cusk Quote

“Christianity has kept itself going for centuries on hope alone, and has perpetrated all manner of naughtiness in the meantime.”

“The woman who has her being in marriage and motherhood has become part of antithetical reality, revoking property from the woman who remains in a condition of intangible femininity.”

“The British have always made terrible parents.”

“Many and subtle are the ideological weapons that the State has wielded through the centuries. Once excellent weapon has been tradition. The longer that the rule of a State has been able to preserve itself, the more powerful this weapon; for then, the X Dynasty or the Y State has the seeming weight of centuries of tradition behind it.”

“Classical music thinks in centuries, not four-year terms.”

“Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.”