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Saki Quotes


A British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture.
Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), better known by the pen name Saki, was a British writer, whose witty and sometimes macabre stories satirised Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window" may be his best known, with a closing line ("Romance at short notice was her speciality") that has entered the lexicon.

Here are some famous quotes by Saki.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations.

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He's simply got the instinct for being unhappy highly developed.

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In baiting a mousetrap with cheese always leave room for the mouse.

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The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally.

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The young man turned to him with a disarming candour which instantly put him on his guard.

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The clock struck eleven with the respectful unobtrusiveness of one whose mission in life is to be ignored.

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Sherard Blaw the dramatist who had discovered himself and who had given so unstintingly of his discovery to the world.

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Hating anything in the way of ill-natured gossip ourselves we are always grateful to those who do it for us and do it well.

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Oysters are more beautiful than any religion . . . there's nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an oyster.