Flora Thompson Quotes - Page 2

• The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but it is not so really for, even while it existed, this surface goodwill was often an empty show.

  Flora Thompson

  Home, Past, Fascination

  Flora Thompson (2008). “The Peverel papers: nature notes written in Liphoo, Hampshire, 1921-1927”

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• Strict honesty was the policy of most of them; although there were a few who were said to 'find anything before 'tis lost' and to whom findings were keepings.

  Flora Thompson

  Honesty, Lost, Said

  Flora Thompson, H. J. Massingham (2009). “Lark Rise to Candleford”, p.215, David R. Godine Publisher

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• It is the fashion to talk of our changing climate and bewail the hot summers and hard winters of tradition, but how seldom we pause to marvel at the remarkable constancy of the weather from year to year.

  Flora Thompson

  Summer, Fashion, Winter

  Flora Thompson (2008). “The Peverel papers: nature notes written in Liphoo, Hampshire, 1921-1927”

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• I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in many respects, it seems a pity the old cheap, wholesome dishes have gone to make way for tinned and preserved foods.

  Flora Thompson

  Country, Past, Prejudice

  "The Peverel Papers: A Yearbook of the Countryside". Book by Flora Thompson. August Chapter, 1986.

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• A liar did ought to have a good memory.

  Flora Thompson

  Memories, Liars, Lying

  Flora Thompson, H. J. Massingham (2009). “Lark Rise to Candleford”, p.216, David R. Godine Publisher

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