“Entering the front door, you were at once assailed by a nightmare of cheerlessness and squalor, all the sordid melancholy, at its worst, of any nest of bedrooms where only men sleep;”
Quote by Anthony Powell
Work
A Dance to the Music of Time: 3rd Movement
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell was an English novelist renowned for his twelve-volume series 'A Dance to the Music of Time', which offers a profound insight into British society and culture during the 20th century. more
You May Also Like
Source: Our Young Man
“If it were left to men, there'd be nothing in the world but mating and squabbling.”
Source: White Mare's Daughter
Source: Pestilence
“they were in love with apocalypse, like all men, more in love with myths than with any woman.”
Source: Dance the Eagle to Sleep
“مهما كان رأيك في المرأة .. فرأى النساء في الرجال أسوأ”
Source: قالوا
Source: The Grapes of Wrath
Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader and the Imagination