Ending Up Quotes

“As far back as she could remember, she had gone in for day-dreams about what clothes, jewellery and the like she would wear if, like her admired and adored Marie Antoinette, she were somehow to find herself facing public execution. A country GP's visit was hardly on that scale, but the principle held.”
― Kingsley Amis, Ending Up

“Christmas dinner was something of a success; it passed off, at any rate, without bloodshed.”
― Kingsley Amis, Ending Up