"Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts."
- Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)

"Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom and behold it, as it were, for the first time."
- Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)

"Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste."
- Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)

"Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like."
- Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)

"Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism."
- Arnold Bennett (1867 - 1931)

"A cause is like champagne and high heels- one must be prepared to suffer for it."
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)

"The moment you're born, you're done for."
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)