"Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly."

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Source : Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Stepping Westward”, p.38, Pan Macmillan

Malcolm Bradbury

#Christian Quotes #Innocence Quotes #Sin Quotes

“I'm sporty, active, bubbly, I like to make people laugh... I'm the jokester. But I'm also very traditional.”
“Words began to appear in English and to make some kind of equivalent. For what satisfaction it is hard to say, except that something seems unusually piercing, living, handsome, in another language, and since English is yours, you wish it to be there too.”
“Go looking for an idea and it'll show up. Begin now.”
“Perhaps the greatest gift we can offer each other is a second chance.”
“I was very unhappy about being killed off on 'Supernatural' in season 7.”
“There shall be no solution to this race problem until you, yourselves, strike the blow for liberty.”
“I started going back and forth, New York, London, New York, London. I wasn't looking back at all. I was doing tons of jobs. Working, working, working, working.”
“I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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