Gladys Bronwyn Stern

(or GB Stern) (17 June 1890 – 20 September 1973), born Gladys Bertha Stern in London, England, wrote many novels (one of which was turned into a film), short stories, plays, memoirs, biographies and literary criticism. Quotes She was the perfect cliché among dear little old ladies, down to the very lavender bags she placed among her linen. The Room By the time one has decided on all the things that most certainly will have to be avoided in writing autobiography, nothing is left but blank pages or a masterpiece. Monogram Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. Quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks By Karen Weekes, p. 41 Man is a complex being who makes deserts bloom and lakes die. Quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks By Karen Weekes, p. 305 One thing that's good about procrastination is that you always have something planned for tomorrow. Quoted in Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, and Brilliant Remarks By Karen Weekes, p. 480 Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone. Quoted in The Girl's Book of Positive Quotations By Steve Deger, Leslie Ann Gibson, p. 28 Quotations about G. B. Stern G. B. Stern, in her delightful book Monogram (which for my money, contains about everything a book needs), tells of her rage, about three years ago, at learning that there were no such animals as unicorns. Robert Benchley, ''After 1903–What? (1938) External links Category:Novelists from England Category:Playwrights from England Category:Journalists from England Category:Short story writers from England Category:Literary critics Category:Biographers from England Category:Memoirists from England Category:Women authors from England Category:Catholics from England Category:1890 births Category:1973 deaths Category:People from London