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Quotes by English Authors
"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest."
"What I am telling you is that Matta had a way of making you feel comfortable and that's probably why he had nine wives because he made them feel comfortable and then uncomfortable later."
"The only exercise that Tess took at this time was after dark; and it was then, when out in the woods, that she seemed least solitary... She had no fear of the shadows; her sole idea seemed to be to shun mankind-or rather that cold accretion called the world, which, so terrible in the mass, is so unformidable, even pitiable, in its units."
"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble."
"We are better than anyone, ain't we? Except for the Eagles, the Eagles are better than us."
"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained."
"I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests me and I do approach the stage shows in much the same way."
"The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate."
"Everyone who wants to do good to the human race always ends in universal bullying."
"Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear."
"I think a servant of the enemy would look fairer and feel fouler."
"We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love."
"The totality of a record is usually beyond ones ability to imagine when you start working on it, but the component parts are, usually, fairly clear one way or another."
"This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in - an interesting hole I find myself in - fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise. I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for."
"One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom."
"No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself."
"Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they'll go through anything. You read and you're pierced."
"The best way to destroy the capitalist system is to debauch the currency. By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens."
"Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law."
"The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable."
"The joys we expect are not so bright, nor the troubles so dark as we fancy they will be."
"There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is."
"The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently."
"Today I feel no wish to demonstrate that sanity is impossible. On the contrary, though I remain no less sadly certain than in the past that sanity is a rather rare phenomenon, I am convinced that it can be achieved and would like to see more of it."
"Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne."
"At the end of April I archived 'Curses' and Inform, and announced them on the newsgroups."
"All good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
"I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too... Hold fast to Christ."
"The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the thrill of your creation lasts."
"I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France."
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