12+ Francis Spufford Quotes On Education, Peace

Francis Spufford is a British author, historian, and critic. He is best known for his works of non-fiction, such as The Child That Books Built, Unapologetic, and Golden Hill. He has also written several works of fiction, including Red Plenty and The Underwater Cathedral. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Francis Spufford on love, education, life.

You never came out the way you came in. — Francis Spufford

Emotions can certainly be misleading: they can fool you into believing stuff that is definitely, demonstrably untrue. — Francis Spufford

The emotions that sustain religious belief are all, in fact, deeply ordinary and deeply recognisable to anybody who has ever made their way across the common ground of human experience as an adult. — Francis Spufford

If you based your knowledge of the human species exclusively on adverts, you'd think that the normal condition of humanity was to be a good-looking single person between 20 and 35, with excellent muscle-definition and/or an excellent figure, and a large disposable income. — Francis Spufford

God doesn't want your careful virtue, He wants your reckless generosity. — Francis Spufford

What follows is more about books than it is about me, but nonetheless it is my inward autobiography, for the words we take into ourselves help to shape us. — Francis Spufford

Goblins burrowed in the earth, elves sang songs in the trees: Those were the obvious wonders of reading, but behind them lay the fundamental marvel that, in stories, words could command things to be. — Francis Spufford

We are supposed to be on the side of goodness in the sense that we need it, not that we are it. — Francis Spufford

If your memory was OK you could descend upon on a bookshop – a big enough one so that the staff wouldn’t hassle a browser – and steal the contents of books by reading them. I drank down 1984 while loitering in the 'O' section of the giant Heffers store in Cambridge. When I was full I carried the slopping vessel of my attention carefully out of the shop. — Francis Spufford

Belief demands that you dispense with illusion after illusion, while contemporary common sense requires continual, fluffy pretending - pretending that might as well be systematic, it's so thoroughly incentivised by our culture. — Francis Spufford

I can always tell when you're reading somewhere in the house,' my mother used to say. 'There's a special silence, a reading silence. — Francis Spufford

When I'm tired and therefore indecisive, it can take half an hour to choose the book I am going to have with me while I brush my teeth. — Francis Spufford

Life Lessons by Francis Spufford

1. Francis Spufford teaches us to appreciate the beauty of everyday life and to look for the extraordinary in the ordinary.
2. He encourages us to seek out the stories of the past and to learn from them in order to create a better future.
3. He reminds us that knowledge and understanding are essential for meaningful progress and that we should never forget our roots.