Shelagh Delaney, FRSL (/ˈʃiːlə dəˈleɪniː/; 25 November 1938 – 20 November 2011) was an English dramatist and screenwriter, best known for her debut work, A Taste of Honey (1958).
Nothing passes. Everything stays with you. Everything makes it’s mark.
I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect
You need someone to love you while you are looking for someone to love.
[On England:] In this country there are only two seasons, winter and winter.
I am here and I am safe and I am sick of it.
You can remember the second and the third and the fourth time, but there's no time like the first. It's always there.
Women never have young minds. They are born three thousand years old.
Anything's hard to find if you go around looking for it with your eyes shut.
I’m not afraid of the darkness outside. It’s the darkness inside houses I don’t like.
There aren't enough secrets to go round anymore. Some spies are having to invent secrets in order to earn a living.
Why don't you learn from my mistakes? It takes half your life to learn from your own.
A woman's got as much right -and more cause - to get drunk than any man
Life is a game - sometimes serious, sometimes fun - but a game that must be played with true team spirit.
My usual self is a very unusual self.
The only consolation I can find in your immediate presence is your ultimate absence.