Nancy Mitford Quotes

Nancy Mitford — English Author born on November 28, 1904, died on June 30, 1973

Nancy Freeman-Mitford CBE, known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist. One of the renowned Mitford sisters and one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the inter-war years, she is best remembered for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often provocative wit. She also established a reputation for herself as a writer of popular historical biographies... (wikipedia)

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

Surely a King who loves pleasure is less dangerous than one who loves glory?