Beverley Nichols Quotes.

1. "Marriage is a book in which the first chapter is written in poetry and the remaining chapters in prose."
- Quote by Beverley Nichols

2. "To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat."
- Quote by Beverley Nichols

3. "When Mrs. Pattern first came into my life, she was gossiping in the lane with a nursemaid who was wheeling a perambulator containing a baby of exceptional repulsiveness.Babies, as all bachelors will agree, should not be allowed at large unless they are heavily draped, and fitted with various appliances for absorbing sound and moisture. If young married persons persist in their selfish pursuit of populating the planet, they should be compelled to bear the consequences. They should be shut behind high walls, clutching the terrible bundles which they have brought into the world, and when they emerge into society, if they insist on bringing these bundles with them, they should see that they are properly cloaked, muted, sealed up and, above all, dry. They should not wave them about in the streets to the alarm of sensitive persons who are used to the company of Siamese cats."
- Quote by Beverley Nichols

4. "I want to wear out,' he [Oldfield] said very softly. 'To wear out. Not to rust out."
- Quote by Beverley Nichols

5. "You cannot have too many aconites. They cost, as I said before, about fifty shillings a thousand. A thousand will make a brave splash of colour, which lasts a month. If you can afford ten thousand, you are mad not to buy them. There are so many exciting places you can put them. . . in the hollow of a felled tree, by the border of a pond, in a circle round a statue, or immediately under your window, so that you can press your nose against the glass, when it is too cold to go out, and stare at them, and remember that spring is on its way."
- Quote by Beverley Nichols

6. "We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace."
- Beverley Nichols, Green Grows the City: The Story of a London Garden

7. "I think it is silly to be amateur about anything when one has an opportunity of learning."
- Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path

8. "The seed of a blue lupin will usually produce a blue lupin. But the seed of a blue-eyed man may produce a brown-eyed bore...especially if his wife has a taste for gigolos."
- Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path

9. "It was not till I experimented with seeds plucked straight from a growing plant that I had my first success...the first thrill of creation...the first taste of blood. This, surely, must be akin to the pride of paternity...indeed, many soured bachelors would wager that it must be almost as wonderful to see the first tiny crinkled leaves of one's first plant as to see the tiny crinkled face of one's first child."
- Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path

10. "...a cyclamen that looks like a flight of butterflies, frozen for a single, exquisite moment in the white heart of Time..."
- Beverley Nichols, Down the Garden Path