Inspirational Quotes by Pamela Hansford Johnson (British Novelist, Critic)

British Novelist, Playwright

Pamela Hansford Johnson, Baroness Snow (1912–81,) was an English novelist, poet, and literary critic known for her keen observations of human relationships and social dynamics. Her work explored themes of love, ambition, and morality, earning her recognition in 20th-century British literature.

Born in London, Hansford Johnson pursued writing over formal education, working as a journalist and contributing to literary publications. Her prolific literary career spanned 27 novels, ranging from romantic and high comedy—Night and Silence Who is Here? (1963) and The Unspeakable Skipton (1959)—to tragedy, as seen in The Holiday Friend (1972,) and psychological studies of cruelty like An Error of Judgement (1962.)

Her notable works include her debut, This Bed Thy Centre (1935,) and the trilogy Too Dear for My Possessing (1940,) An Avenue of Stone (1947,) and A Summer to Decide (1948,) along with Catherine Carter (1952) and The Good Husband (1978.)

Beyond fiction, Johnson made a mark as a critic with studies on Thomas Wolfe and Ivy Compton-Burnett, and Six Proust Reconstructions (1958,) cementing her as a Proust scholar. She also wrote plays, such as Corinth House (1954,) and non-fiction, including On Iniquity (1967,) a reflection on the Moors Murders trial, and her memoir Important to Me (1974.)

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We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.
—Pamela Hansford Johnson
Topics: People

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.
—Pamela Hansford Johnson
Topics: Perfection, Morality, Morals

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.
—Pamela Hansford Johnson
Topics: Water

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
—Pamela Hansford Johnson
Topics: Humor

You slam a politician, you make out he’s the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
—Pamela Hansford Johnson
Topics: Politics, Politicians

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