The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon.

Quote by Anthony Burgess

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To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although... he may be permitted to be...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library:...

He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his...

He said it was artificial respiration, but now I find I am to have his...

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

Life is a wretched gray Saturday, but it has to be lived through.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

The possession of a book becomes a substitute for reading it.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed

The adult relation to books is one of absorbing rather than being absorbed

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.

Every dogma has its day.

Every dogma has its day.

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that...

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where...

It's always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

If you believe in an unseen Christ, you will believe in the unseen Christlike potential...

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

Bath twice a day to be really clean, once a day to be passably clean,...

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

Change in fashion is the tax which the industry of the poor levies on the...

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...

Men have hitherto treated women like birds which have strayed down to them from the...