I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes acquire blackout blitz
There are things I take sides about, like capital punishment, which it seems to me there is only one side about: it is evil. But there are two or three sides to sexual harassment, and the moment you get into particular cases, there is injustice in every conceivable direction. It's a mess. A. S. Byatt capitalcaseconceivable share on social
In our world of sleek flesh and collagen, Botox and liposuction, what we most fear is the dissolution of the body-mind, the death of the brain. A. S. Byatt bodybotoxbrain Change image and share on social
In my mind's eye, Shakespeare is a huge, hot sea-beast, with fire in his veins and ice on his claws and inscrutable eyes, who looks like an inchoate hump under the encrustations of live barnacle-commentaries, limpets and trailing weeds. A. S. Byatt barnaclebeastclaw share on social
In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the blitz, were bombed-out ruins and an enervated society, while the continent was still, psychologically, in the grip of its recent atrocities. Cynthia Ozick atrocityblitzbomb share on social
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it. Nassim Nicholas Taleb blackoutexperiencerecognize Change image and share on social
A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs. Epicurus acquireeasyfree Change image and share on social