John Betjeman Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches
John Betjeman Quotes and Sayings
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Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
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I don't think I am any good. If I thought I was any good, I wouldn't be.
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Now if the harvest is over, And the world cold, Give me the bonus of laughter, As I lose hold.
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People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors.
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Silver and ermine and red faces full of port wine.
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Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
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