feelings

The Englishman appears to be cold and unemotional because he is really slow

The Englishman appears to be cold and unemotional because he is really slow... When a disaster comes, the English instinct…

11 years ago

Emotion has nothing to do with appropriateness

No—but your whole attitude toward emotion is wrong. Emotion has nothing to do with appropriateness. It matters only that it…

11 years ago

For it is not that the Englishman can’t feel—it is that he is afraid to feel

And it is this undeveloped heart that is largely responsible for the difficulties of Englishmen abroad. An undeveloped heart—not a…

11 years ago

Englishwomen conceal their feelings until after they are married

Englishwomen conceal their feelings until after they are married. They show them then. Oscar Wilde, A Woman of no Importance

11 years ago

We go home and cry on our own

I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are…

11 years ago