The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are…

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

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

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

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write...

I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write...

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

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.

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...

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

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...

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

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 secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm...

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

Be like the bird that, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels...

To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms...

To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms...

All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to...

All the problems of the world could be settled if people were only willing to...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right...