‘Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realised what it was that I loved about Britain – which is to say, all of it…’


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‘Suddenly, in the space of a moment, I realised what it was that I loved about Britain – which is to say, all of it…’

‘A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That’s all any room is’

‘I desire no future that will break the ties of the past…’
‘For war there is always enough. It’s peace that’s expensive….’
‘The truth is the truth. How can I write what’s untrue?’

‘The flies have conquered the flypaper…’
‘I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody…’
‘We all recognise a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at once the best known and least known of figures…’
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