Rumer Godden Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Rumer Godden:

For a dyed-in-the-wool author, nothing is as dead as a book once it is written. She is rather like a cat whose kittens have grown up.
~Rumer Godden


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/rumer-godden-quotes/#e335af5d

The stitch of a book is its words.
~Rumer Godden


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/rumer-godden-quotes/#5152b11b

If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.
~Rumer Godden


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/rumer-godden-quotes/#ad59b06f

The motto was 'Pax', but the word was set in a circle of thorns.
~Rumer Godden


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/rumer-godden-quotes/#d3430759

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