"It may not be nice to be good, 6655321. It may be horrible to be good. And when I say that to you I realize how self-contradictory that sounds. I know...












Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.

More Anthony Burgess quotes
"An eye for an eye, I say. If someone hits you you hit back, do you not? Why then should not the State, very severely hit by you brutal hooligans, not ...
"That's the law, son. But you were never much of a one for following the law.
"You've sinned, I suppose, but your punishment has been out of all proportion. They have turned you into something other than a human being. You have n...
"The heresy of an age of reason. I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.
"Of course it was horrible,' smiled Dr. Branom. 'Violence is a very horrible thing. That's what you're learning now. Your body is learning it.
"The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured.
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