Angus Wilson

“The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they’ve been at other times.”

“The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.”

“People are able to live with only half a heart, to live without real compassion, because they are able to use words that are only forms.”

“I opened the large central window of my office room to its full on the fine early May morning. Then I stood for a few moments, breathing in the soft, warm air that was charged with the scent of white lilacs below.”