"I boast of being the only man in London who has been bombed off a lavatory seat while reading Jane Austen. She went into the bath; I went through the door."

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Source : Kingsley Martin (1960). “Critic's London diary: from the New statesman, 1931-1956”

Kingsley Martin

#War Quotes #Reading Quotes #Men Quotes

“A new club is like having a new girlfriend â€“ you don't have feelings straight away”
“No degree of worldly darkness can extinguish the glow of a soul's inner light.”
“The creation of today's market society was not the result of a sequence of spontaneous events but rather of state interference and violence.”
“I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of my country, and the least encroachment of those invaluable privileges is apt to make my blood boil.”
“When one is true to oneself, when one is authentic, one becomes true to the evolutionary thrust for self-optimization that exists within oneself and within the universe. And that evolutionary thrust is a continuous unfolding process.”

Source : Source: evolutionarymystic.wordpress.com
“Geez, all that money we waste on space exploration; just think how many bombs that would buy!”
“That ability to pop back up is true of anyone who succeeds in their field.”
“All religions are the same. They all lead to God. God is everybody ... The same blood flows through us all, the arms, the legs, the heart, all are the same. See no difference. See all the same.”

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