The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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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...

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 lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

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

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.

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...

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

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.

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...

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 man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

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...

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

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

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....

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...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

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.

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.

Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop.

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by...

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough...

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough...

Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and relationships are work.

Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and relationships are work.