Wilt Quotes

“The man who said the pen was mightier than the sword ought to have tried reading "The Mill on the Floss" to Motor Mechanics.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“While he lived a violent life in his imagination, Eva, lacking any imagination at all, lived violently in fact.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“-T'has de sentir lliure. Lliure, lliure! -és el que Sally havia dit.
-Lliure! Per a ésser què? -preguntà Eva.
-El teu propi jo, el teu jo secret. -li digué Sally a cau d'orella.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“Liberal studies means..." said Mrs Chatterway, who prided herself on being an advocate of progressive education, in which role she had made a substantial contribution to the illiteracy rate in several previously good primary schools.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“Eva Wilt got to her feet and stood with the rain running down her face and as she stood there the illusions that had sustained her through the week disappeared. She saw herself as a fat, silly woman who had left her husband in pursuit of a glamour that was false and shoddy and founded on brittle talk and money.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“No, you can forget their going anywhere.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt

“Estaba asombrado de que le hubiera resultado tan fácil. Lo único que tenía que hacer era decirle a la gente lo que la gente quería oír, y te creían, por muy absurda que pudiera ser la historia que les explicaras. Y tres días y tres noches sin dormir habían aletargado los recelos y la capacidad de escepticismo del inspector Flint.”
― Tom Sharpe, Wilt