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He seemed eager for me to know him. He said he slept badly, he was abstemious about alcohol, he got headaches, he had asthma. He claimed to have an explosive temper. He licked playing cricket and wanted me to help him find a pitch where he could practice bowling.
— Apr 04, 2021 09:25PM
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Jim
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"The Nobel committee are doing it again," [Naipaul] said, striding down the sidewalk.
"Doing what?"
"Pissing on literature, as they do every year."
I started to laugh.
"Pissing from a great height," he said. "On books."
— Apr 07, 2021 09:10PM
"Doing what?"
"Pissing on literature, as they do every year."
I started to laugh.
"Pissing from a great height," he said. "On books."
Jim
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On being asked about a lawn: "True. Very little grass. Part of my plan.... I have a theory that it is exhausting for anyone to look at a large expanse of lawn. The viewer becomes tired reflecting on the effort that foes into cutting all that grass. A lawn is not restful to look at. A lawn represents great labor and noise, hours of rackety lawn mowers. A lawn is exhausting.
— Apr 06, 2021 09:16PM
Jim
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"I can't sleep in that bed," he said. "It's tainted. Why did he do it? The foolish, ignorant man!"
"What happened?" I asked.
"One of the workmen in Vidia's bedroom was explaining something," Pat began.
His face twisted in nausea, Vidia said, "And he sat on my bed.... He put his bottom on my bed."
— Apr 05, 2021 08:54PM
"What happened?" I asked.
"One of the workmen in Vidia's bedroom was explaining something," Pat began.
His face twisted in nausea, Vidia said, "And he sat on my bed.... He put his bottom on my bed."
