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“When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.”

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Book:Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

This novel is a reflective narrative that delves into the personal and spiritual journeys of its protagonist, Captain Charles Ryder, as he revisits the grand estate of Brideshead and reflects on his past relationships and experiences. more

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British writer known for his satirical and humorous style, with notable works including 'Vile Bodies' and 'Brideshead Revisited'. Waugh is renowned for his profound insights into 20th-century British society and culture. more

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“"It is typical of Oxford," I said, "to start the new year in autumn."”

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“The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.”

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“There is an Easter sense in which all things are made new in the risen Christ. A tiny gleam of this is reflected in all true art.”

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Book:The letters of Evelyn Waugh

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“Of children as of procreation -- the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable”

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Source: The letters of Evelyn Waugh

“Its theme-- the operation of divine grace on a group of diverse but closely connected characters-- was perhaps presumptuously large, but I make no apology for it.”

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Author:Evelyn Waugh

“You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.”

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“Beware of writing to me. I always answer ... My father spent the last 20 years of his life writing letters. If someone thanked him for a wedding present, he thanked them for thanking him and there was no end to the exchange but death.”

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“Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I'd been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go and fight that. History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.”

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Book:Casino Royale

Source: Casino Royale

“Against the background of this luminous and sparkling stage Bond stood in the sunshine and felt his mission to be incongruous and remote and his dark profession an affront to his fellow actors.”

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