Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson
Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow, CBE, FRSLwas an English novelist, playwright, poet, literary and social critic...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth29 May 1912
sunset sky eggs
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
writing thinking people
I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found the words for it.
sainthood saint acceptable
Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
quality saint moral
There are few things more disturbing than to find, in somebody we detest, a moral quality which seems to us demonstrably superior to anything we ourselves possess. It augurs not merely an unfairness on the part of creation, but a lack of artistic judgment. Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
beauty wall moving
the most deeply moving element in the contemplation of beauty is the element of loss. We desire to hold; but the sunset melts into the night, and the secret of the painting on the wall can never be the secret of the buyer.