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Daily Inspiration Quote by Susannah York

"Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'"

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It has the snap of a movie line: the scouting tip, the precise address, the “incredible garden,” then the clean, irreversible verdict. Coming from an actress, this isn’t just property talk; it’s a small performance of certainty. The specificity of “21 Blenkarne Road” reads like a prop detail that makes the scene believable. You can see the camera pan from street to greenery, then cut to the close-up: “I want it.”

The subtext is desire without apology. York doesn’t negotiate with herself on the page, doesn’t rehearse the sensible anxieties (price, logistics, timing) that usually accompany home-buying. That omission is the point. It frames the decision as instinctive, almost fated, as if the house chose her the moment she crossed the threshold. In a culture that often expects women, especially in public life, to soften their wants, the bluntness lands as quietly defiant.

Context matters: postwar-to-late-20th-century London is a city where space and privacy are status, but gardens are something closer to sanity. An “incredible garden” signals refuge, control, a place not shaped by casting directors, critics, or the churn of public attention. The line also hints at how taste becomes autobiography: she’s not buying square footage, she’s buying a life that feels coherent.

It works because it’s decisive without being loud - a portrait of agency delivered in eight plain words.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
York, Susannah. (2026, January 15). Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/someone-had-told-me-about-a-house-in-wandsworth-102518/

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York, Susannah. "Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/someone-had-told-me-about-a-house-in-wandsworth-102518/.

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"Someone had told me about a house in Wandsworth, southwest London - 21 Blenkarne Road - with an incredible garden, so I went and had a look. I walked in and just said, 'I want it.'." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/someone-had-told-me-about-a-house-in-wandsworth-102518/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Susannah York (January 9, 1939 - January 15, 2011) was a Actress from United Kingdom.

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