He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
One Fat Englishman, ch. 8 (1963) |
The light did him harm, but not as much as looking at things did; he resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum.
Sir Kingsley AmisPolitics is a thing that only the unsophisticated can really go for.
Sir Kingsley AmisMore will mean worse.
Sir Kingsley AmisIt was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.
Sir Kingsley AmisI was never an Angry Young Man. I am angry only when I hit my thumb with a hammer.
Sir Kingsley AmisThe rewards for being sane may not be very many but knowing what's funny is one of them.
Sir Kingsley AmisBooze, of course, and then curtains.
Sir Kingsley AmisWork was like cats were supposed to be: if you disliked and feared it and tried to keep out if its way, it knew at once and sought you out and jumped on your lap and climbed all over you to show how much it loved you. Please God, he thought, don't let me die in harness.
Sir Kingsley Amis