"Everyone is a reactionary about subjects he understands."

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Source : "Scourge and poet" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. February 14, 2003.

Robert Conquest

#Subjects Quotes

“I like this feeling of weariness after training, when I'm walking home exhausted, dragging my feet. I like this a lot.”
“If I were to search for logic, I would not look for it among the English upper class.”
“He who awaits much can expect little.”
“If you seek patience, you will find no better example than the cross. Great patience occurs in two ways: either when one patiently suffers much, or when one suffers things which one is able to avoid and yet does not avoid. Christ endured much on the cross, and did so patiently, because when he suffered he did not threaten; he was led like a sheep to the slaughter and he did not open his mouth.”
“One is struck in the study of saints, angels and gods by a pattern that seems quaint and harmless. Yet, it is so common that I know there must be a deeper meaning. There always seem to be guardians and spirits of doors, bridges, exits and entranceways.”
“In some perfect world where human nature is less messy and history less fraught, any and all people who had ever suffered discrimination would find common cause, gathering together under one big anti-bigotry banner.”
“If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.”
“I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children.”

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