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Peter Ackroyd quotes about world

British Critic, Writer, Poet October 5, 1949

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For when I trace back the years I have liv'd, gathering them up in my Memory, I see what a chequer'd Work Of Nature my life has been. If I were now to inscribe my own History with its unparalleled Sufferings and surprizing Adventures (as the Booksellers might indite it), I know that the great Part of the World would not believe the Passages there related, by reason of the Strangeness of them, but I cannot help their Unbelief; and if the Reader considers them to be but dark Conceits, then let... Peter Ackroyd
There is a camaraderie that grows up among those who work with old books and old papers, largely, I suspect, because we understand that we are at odds with the rest of the world: we are travelling backwards, while all those around us are still moving forward. Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd quote: "I was at peace with a world which afforded so much bounty, and..."
I was at peace with a world which afforded so much bounty, and began to enjoy living at the very end of time. Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd quote: "I lack the World, for I move like a Ghost through it."
I lack the World, for I move like a Ghost through it. Peter Ackroyd
So we may use our books to form a barricade against the world, interweaving their words with our own to ward off the heat of the day. Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd quote: "So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are..."
So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight. Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd quote: "The world is a sea in which we all must surely drown."
The world is a sea in which we all must surely drown. Peter Ackroyd

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