‘All great and precious things are lonely…’
Book Review: Homage to Catalonia
‘All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting…’
Book Review: Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead
‘You can tell a lot about someone in a minute, if you choose the right minute…‘
Book Review: The Bell Jar
‘If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed…’
Book Review: Gotta Get Theroux This
Book Review: Me Talk Pretty One Day
‘Like all of my friends, she’s a lousy judge of character…’
Book Review: The Testaments
‘You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you…’
Book Review: Road to Wigan Pier
‘We are living in a world in which nobody is free, in which hardly anybody is secure, in which it is almost impossible to be honest and to remain alive…’
Book Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
‘I’d far rather be happy than right any day…’
Book Review: The Tipping Point
‘With the slightest push—in just the right place—the world can be tipped…’
