Quotes of David Lodge - somelinesforyou

“ London, December 1915. In the master bedroom (never was the estate agent's epithet more appropriate) of Flat 21, Carlyle Mansions, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, the distinguished author is dying slowly, but surely. In Flanders, less than two hundred miles away, other men are dying more quickly, more painfully, more pitifully young men, mostly, with their lives still before them, blank pages that will never be filled. The author is seventytwo. He has had an interesting and varied life, written many books, travelled widely, enjoyed the arts, moved in society (one winter he dined out 107 times), and owns a charming old house in Rye as well as the lease of this spacious London flat with its fine view of the Thames. He has had deeply rewarding friendships with both men and women. If he has never experienced sexual intercourse, that was by his own choice, unlike the many young men in Flanders who died virgins either for lack of opportunity or because they hoped to marry and were keeping themselves chaste on principle. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made readers think. She was constantly playing on the difference between God and the writer. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. ”

- David Lodge

“ She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made readers think. She was constantly playing on the difference between God and the writer. ”

- David Lodge

“ Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. ”

- David Lodge

“ She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made readers think. She was constantly playing on the difference between God and the writer. ”

- David Lodge

“ She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made readers think. She was constantly playing on the difference between God and the writer. ”

- David Lodge

“ Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ She was a very funny writer but also a very thoughtful one. She made writers think and she made readers think. She was constantly playing on the difference between God and the writer. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about sex and not much about having children; and life is the other way around. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. ”

- David Lodge

“ Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. ”

- David Lodge

“ Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life is the other way round. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge

“ Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every time we speak. ”

- David Lodge

“ The British, he thought, must be gluttons for satire: even the weather forecast seemed to be some kind of spoof, predicting every possible combination of weather for the next twenty-four hours without actually committing itself to anything specific. ”

- David Lodge
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