Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home...

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a...

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a...

The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her...

The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between...

Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between...

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of...

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of...

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.