“So, there it was in a nutshell. Poverty led him to religion, religion to education, education to lust, lust to communism. And Communism had brought him back full circle to poverty.”
― Thirty-Three Teeth
― Thirty-Three Teeth
“I don't think all writers are sad, she said. I think it's the other way around- all sad people write.”
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“If, when you read the fairy tale you say that you don’t believe, then I ask you, if you do not believe in something, how can you expect to find it?”
― The Secret of Stavewood
― The Secret of Stavewood
“Sometimes the fresh load of guests would turn up before we had got rid of the previous group, and the chaos was indescribable; the house and garden would be dotted with poets, authors, artists, and playwrights arguing, painting, drinking, typing, and composing. Far from being the ordinary, charming people that Larry had promised, they all turned out to be the most extraordinary eccentrics who were so highbrow that they had difficulty in understanding one another.”
― My Family and Other Animals
― My Family and Other Animals
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