42 Quotes & Sayings By Helen Rowland

Helen Rowland's first novel, The Well of Loneliness, was published in 1939. She won the George Orwell Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for her following novels. Rowland has been translated into fourteen languages and is regarded as one of the most important authors of the twentieth century. Her books have sold over 25 million copies, and she remains an inspirational figure to young readers and writers alike Read more

When you see what some girls marry, you realize how...
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When you see what some girls marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. Helen Rowland
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything...
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A wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. Helen Rowland
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When a girl marries, she exchanges the attention of many men for the inattention of one. Helen Rowland
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Before a marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something you`ve said; after marriage, he`ll fall asleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland
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Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won`t even lay down his newspaper to talk to you. Helen Rowland
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A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her. Helen Rowland
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Results for "A man is like a cat; chase him and he'll run; sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet Helen Rowland
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And verily, a woman need know but one man well, in order to understand all men; whereas a man may know all women and understand not one of them. Helen Rowland
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Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? Helen Rowland
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You will never win if you never begin. Helen Rowland
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Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin except to be there when he doesn't want her. Helen Rowland
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Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common-sense. Helen Rowland
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In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar a custom which is still continued. Helen Rowland
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Love the quest marriage the conquest divorce the inquest. Helen Rowland
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When two people decide to get a divorce it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another but a sign that they have at last begun to. Helen Rowland
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A husband is what is left of a lover after the nerve has been extracted. Helen Rowland
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The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland
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The follies which a man regrets most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. Helen Rowland
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Love like a chicken salad or restaurant hash must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. Helen Rowland
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Falling in love consists merely in uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense. Helen Rowland
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A man never knows how to say goodbye a woman never knows when to say it. Helen Rowland
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Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him. Helen Rowland
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A Bachelor of Arts is one who makes love to a lot of women, and yet has the art to remain a bachelor. Helen Rowland
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Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor. Helen Rowland
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Marriage is like twirling a baton, turning hand springs or eating with chopsticks. It looks easy until you try it. Helen Rowland
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Before marriage, a man declares that he would lay down his life to serve you; after marriage, he won't even lay down his newspaper to talk to you. Helen Rowland
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It isn't tying himself to one woman that a man dreads when he thinks of marrying it's separating himself from all the others. Helen Rowland
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A husband is what is left of a lover, after the nerve has been extracted. Helen Rowland
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In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued. Helen Rowland
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A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting. Helen Rowland
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Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest. Helen Rowland
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After a few years of marriage a man can look right at a woman without seeing her and a woman can see right through a man without looking at him. Helen Rowland
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Never trust a husband too far, nor a bachelor too near. Helen Rowland
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Jealousy is the tie that binds, and binds, and binds. Helen Rowland
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Somehow a bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. Helen Rowland
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One man's folly is another man's wife. Helen Rowland
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The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him. Helen Rowland
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Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. Helen Rowland
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A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. Helen Rowland
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Home is any four walls that enclose the right person. Helen Rowland
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Wedding: the point at which a man stops toasting a woman and begins roasting her. Helen Rowland