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Simon Raven Quotes

Simon Raven quotes

English Novelist December 28, 1927 – May 12, 2001

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Simon Raven quote: "I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single..."
I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do. Simon Raven
And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. Simon Raven
Simon Raven quote: "Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God,..."
Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. Simon Raven
Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. Simon Raven
Simon Raven quote: "Art for art's sake, money for God's sake."
Art for art's sake, money for God's sake. Simon Raven
Simon Raven quote: "dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they..."
...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun. Simon Raven
Simon Raven quote: "How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football..."
How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football pool. Simon Raven
I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring? Simon Raven
Simon Raven quote: "Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as..."
Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. Simon Raven

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