Ronald Firbank

There was a pause – just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.

— Ronald Firbank

The world is so disgracefully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

— Ronald Firbank

I suppose when there's no more room for another crow's-foot, one attains a sort of peace?

— Ronald Firbank

Princess: I am always disappointed with mountains. There are no mountains in the world as high as I could wish.Princess: They irritate me invariably. I should like to shake Switzerland.

— Ronald Firbank

Oh! help me, heaven," she prayed, "to be decorative and to do right!

— Ronald Firbank

I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.

— Ronald Firbank