Shirley Hazzard Quotes

I think it is bad luck to put shoes on a table or walk under ladders.

Actually, I don't even believe in curses.

A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions.

I've had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats.

I try not to put my purse on the floor - demons will get into it.

I am the superstitious kind: I never praise a shot because I fear the moment I do so, the batsman gets out.

I knock on my board to unjinx myself.

It's really sad how many people believe in curses.

The state of mind which I put myself when I tell a story is one in which superstition flourishes very easily. And I welcome that because it helps me.

Superstition is more injurious to God than atheism.

A spider brings good luck before midnight and bad luck after.

I was told once by some country people that a magician should never tell his dreams because the telling will make them come true. But I say that is great nonsense.

The only thing you have to worry about is bad luck. I never had bad luck.

Superstition is a quality that seems indigenous to the ocean.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

One of my superstitions is I'm not allowed to talk about them.

There is superstition in avoiding superstition.

We're all entitled to our superstitions.

Superstition, like true love, needs time to grow and reflect upon itself.

My mother believed in all superstitions, plus she made some up.

Never look at other people's bad fortune,' my mother said. 'If you do, it will come back to find you instead of its rightful owner.

I'm not really superstitious - I don't have any lucky charms or a mascot.

I have bad car juju." -Stephanie Plum

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.