‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will’


The Things That Really Matter
‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will’

‘See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories…’

‘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’

‘Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation…’
‘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?’
