Famous quotes containing the words cicily isabel fairfield, cicily isabel, isabel fairfield and/or isabel:
“There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.”
—Rebecca West [Cicily Isabel Fairfield] (1892–1983)
“People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat or a prostitute.”
—Rebecca West [Cicily Isabel Fairfield] (1892–1983)
“He is every other inch a gentleman.”
—Rebecca West [Cicily Isabel Fairfield] (1892–1983)
“Isabel, Isabel, didn’t worry,
Isabel didn’t scream or scurry.
She washed her hands and she straightened her hair up,
Then Isabel quietly ate the bear up.”
—Ogden Nash (1902–1971)