"

At 50, everyone has the face he deserves.

"

What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your m...more

"

Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives but on balance life is suffering and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwis...more

"

So long as human beings stay human, death and life are the same thing.

"

Beyond the late Fifties everything faded. When there were no external records that you could refer to, even the outline of your own life lost its shar...more

"

For the rest, she grew used to the life that she was leading - used to the enormous sleepless nights, the cold, the dirt, the boredom, and the horribl...more

"

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

"

Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on--that is, badly.

"

Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

"

A tramp, therefore, is a celibate from the moment when he takes to the road. He is absolutely without hope of getting a wife, a mistress, or any kind ...more

"

Gordon eyed them with inert hatred. At this moment he hated all books, and novels most of all. Horrible to think of all that soggy, half-baked trash m...more

"

I knew that I had a facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could ...more