“My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war-time. We possess nothing certainly except the past.” WarPastMemoriesMorningThemeHostGreyBrideshead RevisitedWar Time Book:The world of Evelyn Waugh Source: The world of Evelyn Waugh
“time past is not time gone, it is time accumulated with the host resembling the character in the fairytale who was joined along the route by more and more characters none of whom could be separated from one another or from the host, with some stuck so fast that their presence caused physical pain.” CharacterPainPastGoneStuckHostRoutesFairytalePhysical PainTimes Past Book:To the is-land: an autobiography Source: To the is-land: an autobiography
“A guest should be permitted to graze, as it were, in the pastures of his host's kindness, left even to his own devices, like a rational being, and handsomely neglected.” ShouldPastLeftKindnessRationalDevicesHostGuestsHospitalityNeglectedPastures Book:Goose-quill Papers Source: Goose-quill Papers