The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? J. B. Priestley bedenchantmentevent share on social
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. J. B. Priestley criticfindgreat Change image and share on social
If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not - and the odds are against it - go to your desk no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper - write. J. B. Priestley challengedeskface Change image and share on social
Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write. J. B. Priestley writewriter Change image and share on social
I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes. J. B. Priestley discoverdozenhalf Change image and share on social
As we read the school reports on our children, we realize a sense of relief that can rise to delight that thank Heaven nobody is reporting in this fashion on us. J. B. Priestley childdelightfashion Change image and share on social
Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch. J. B. Priestley advertisementageday Change image and share on social
To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness. J. B. Priestley addchilddelight Change image and share on social
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. J. B. Priestley callfoolmake Change image and share on social
Like its politicians and its war, society has the teenagers it deserves. J. B. Priestley deservepoliticiansociety Change image and share on social