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Martin Amis Quotes

Martin Amis quotes

British Writer August 25, 1949

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It is straightforward—and never mind, for now, about plagues and famines: if God existed, and if he cared for humankind, he would never have given us religion. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose..."
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Time, the human dimension, which makes us everything we are."
Time, the human dimension, which makes us everything we are. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "The English feel schadenfreude even about themselves."
The English feel schadenfreude even about themselves. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "there in the night their bed had the towelly smell of marriage."
there in the night their bed had the towelly smell of marriage. Martin Amis
Rust is the failure of the work of man. The project, the venture, the experiment: failed, given up on, and not cleaned up after. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "After a while, marriage is a sibling relationship--marked by..."
After a while, marriage is a sibling relationship--marked by occasional, and rather regrettable, episodes of incest. Martin Amis
Probably all writers are at some point briefly under the impression that they are in the forefront of disintegration and chaos, that they are among the first to live and work after things fall apart. Martin Amis
It was the tiredness of time lived, with its days and days. It was the tiredness of gravity- gravity, which wants you down in the center of the earth. Martin Amis
He was an artist when he saw society: it never crossed his mind that society had to be like this; had any right, had any business being like this. A car in the street. Why? Why cars? This is what an artist has to be: harassed to the point of insanity or stupefaction by first principles. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most..."
The first thing that distinguishes a writer is that he is most alive when alone. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Because we are all poets or babies in the middle of the night,..."
Because we are all poets or babies in the middle of the night, struggling with being. Martin Amis
They're always looking forward to going places they're just coming back from, or regretting doing things they haven't yet done. They say hello when they mean goodbye. Martin Amis
Martin Amis quote: "Who let the dogs in? ...This, we fear, is going to be the..."
Who let the dogs in? ...This, we fear, is going to be the question. Who let the dogs in? Who let the dogs in? Who? Who? Martin Amis
He could take one look at me- at the ashtray, the bottle, the four pots of coffee, my face, and my gut set like a stone on the white band of the towel- he could take one look at me and be pretty sure i ran on heavy fuel. Martin Amis

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