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Famous Evelyn Waugh Quotes
“that is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back.”
“For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.”
“His heart; some long word at the heart. He is dying of a long word.”
“Free as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel.”
“If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.”
“No one is ever holy without suffering.”
“I had been there before; I knew all about it.”
“... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.”
“Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?”
“You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people.”
“He had no strength for any other war than his own solitary struggle to keep alive.”
“News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read.”
“It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.”
“What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen.”
“That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.”
“One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.”
“I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.”