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Quote by Christopher Isherwood

“I feel it's so easy to condemn this country [the United States]; but they don't understand that this is where the mistakes are being made - and made first, so that we're going to get the answers first.”

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Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood is a renowned British novelist known for his profound portrayals of life in London and Berlin during the mid-20th century. His works often explore social change, personal identity, and moral dilemmas. more

“At one campus where I was lecturing, I asked a friend, "How many of my colleagues know I'm gay?" He answered, "All of them." I wasn't surprised. But, just the same, it was kind of spooky, because not one of them had ever given me the faintest sign that he or she knew. If I had spoken about it myself, most of them would have felt it was in bad taste.”

Ifs Knows Kind Given Felt Taste Gay Colleagues Campus Spooky Bad Taste Lecturing

Book:Conversations with Christopher Isherwood

Source: Conversations with Christopher Isherwood

“The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, perverted, nationalistic cult, by which a few major artists and many minor ones were honored for their Germanness, not their talent.”

Artist Culture Talent Majors International Locals Hated Nationalism Minors Nazi Cult Honored Subversive Nationalistic

Author:Christopher Isherwood

“I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.”

Ifs Needs Belief Accepting Doubt

Author:Christopher Isherwood

“I must honor those who fight of their own free will, he said to himself. And I must try to imitate their courage by following my path as a pacifist, wherever it takes me.”

Trying Said Fighting Path Honor Following Free Will Take Me Pacifist