Duty is seldom liked either by the doer or the object ... And why should it be? It is not often of advantage to either.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

Anyone who picks up a Compton-Burnett finds it very hard not to put it down.

There are different kinds of wrong. The people sinned against are not always the best.

My youth is escaping without giving me anything it owes me.

We can build upon foundations anywhere if they are well and firmly laid.

As regards plot I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. And as I think a plot desirable and almost necessary, I have this extra grudge against life.

Real life seems to have no plots.

I never know why self-sacrifice is noble. Why is it better to sacrifice oneself than someone else?

Many people misjudge the permanent effect of sorrow, and their capacity to live in the past.

Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,' said his cousin. 'But we seem to have no other.

A few songs with Him might change the way you sing. Forever.

Obsess your way to success

The more passionate and argumentative I get the more followers and friends I make online.

The Iraq war took priority over domestic disaster prevention.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

If you can't afford a half hour three or four times a week taking care of the most priceless possession, your body, you've got to be sick. You're stupid.

It takes a real man to wear silk! There aren't a lot of manly men in rock and roll because it's all about cross-dressing to a degree. You have to be kind of sensitive to be in rock and roll.

I've been a social gospel-er and a person who sees politics as a central dynamic to the encoding of religious rhetoric.

Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -

The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart-see, they bark at me.