Quotes about England

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The organist was almost at the end of the anthem’s long introduction, and as the crescendo increases the cathedral began — Susan Howatch
They must live outside class, without relations or money; they must work and stick to each other till death. But England — E.M. Forster, Maurice
You are my one and only, for all eternity. — Vicky Dreiling, How to Marry a Duke
Yet some men say in many parts of England that King Arthur is not dead, but had by the will of our Lord Jesu into anothe — Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur
I have almost completed a long novel, but it is unpublishable until my death and England's. — E.M. Forster
Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English i — Alexander McCall Smith, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
If the surprise outcome of the recent UK referendum - on whether to leave or remain in the European Union - teaches us a — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
I took a deep breath of the syrupy sweetness of summer, suffused with bees and birds, and I thought to myself how beauti — Jennifer Ryan, The Chilbury Ladies' Choir
That evening I was the sole guest in the huge dining room, and it was the same startled person who took my order and sho — W. G. Sebold
I know this goes without saying, but Stonehenge really was the most incredible accomplishment. It took five hundred men — Bill Bryson, Notes from a Small Island
So does nobody care about Ireland?""Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully — Edward Rutherfurd, The Rebels of Ireland
Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms a — Mahatma Gandhi
on a bike ride through the Surrey Lanes, pedalling in my cotton dress through the hot fields blushing with poppies, free — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
First of all, you must never speak of anything by its name -- in that country. So, if you see a tree on a mountain, it w — Aleister Crowley, Moonchild
If countries were named after the words you first hear when you go there, England would have to be called "Damn It". — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms
The only good thing about that decision, Gatt, is that I'll get tea before you. — Graham Gooch
News of the death of James V on 14 December gave even further cause for rejoicing, because his heir was a week-old girl, — Alison Weir, Henry VIII: The King and His Court
If I had been an Italian I am sure that I should have been whole-heartedly with you from the start to finish in your tri — Winston S. Churchill
Now, I have always wanted to agree with Lady Bracknell that there is no earthly use for the upper and lower classes unle — Christopher Hitchens, Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports
No one is better at not beating America than England. — Jon Stewart