"The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.
~ Anthony Burgess ~












When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.

More Anthony Burgess quotes
"Well, everything's a lesson, isn't it? Learning all the time, as you could say.
"The thrill of theft, of violence, the urge to live easy - is it worth it when we have undeniable proof, yes, yes, incontrovertible evidence that hell ...
"You got shook and shook till there was nothing left. You lost your name and your body and your self and you just didn't care.
"And yet, in a sense, in choosing to be deprived of the ability to make an ethical choice, you have in a sense really chosen the good.
"You can viddy that everything in this wicked world counts. You can pony that one thing always leads to another. Right right right.
"And now, talking of praying, I realise sadly that there will be little point in praying for you. You are passing now to a region where you will be bey...
"What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the g...
"You have no cause to grumble boy. You made your choice and all this is a consequence of your choice. Whatever now ensues is what you yourself have cho...
"The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress.
"The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance. You must take y...
"Oh? And what's so stinking about it?.
"You were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God.