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> [Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/jogging-i-believe-they-call-it-it-seems-to-be-an-epidemic/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

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## More by David Lodge

> [Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/universities-are-the-cathedrals-of-the-modern-age-they-shouldn-t-have/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“We’re a bundle of incompatible parts, and we make up stories about ourselves to disguise the fact. The mental unity of the individual is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/we-re-a-bundle-of-incompatible-parts-and-we-make-up-stories-about/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“perhaps it will I said perhaps it will be wonderful perhaps even though it won't be like you think perhaps that won't matter perhaps”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/perhaps-it-will-i-said-perhaps-it-will-be-wonderful-perhaps-even/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“So they stood upon the shores of Faith and felt the old dogmas and certainties ebbing away rapidly under their feet and between their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/so-they-stood-upon-the-shores-of-faith-and-felt-the-old-dogmas-and/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/jogging-i-believe-they-call-it-it-seems-to-be-an-epidemic/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“Cica in fiecare grasan se afla cate-un slabanog care se lupta sa iasa la lumina, iar eu unul ii aud strigatele inabusite ori de…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/cica-in-fiecare-grasan-se-afla-cate-un-slabanog-care-se-lupta-sa-iasa/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“Information is the religion of the modern world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/information-is-the-religion-of-the-modern-world/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“He hugs the thought to himself with guilty glee.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/he-hugs-the-thought-to-himself-with-guilty-glee/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“When does a novel begin? The question is almost as difficult to answer as the question, when does the human embryo become a person? ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/when-does-a-novel-begin-the-question-is-almost-as-difficult-to-answer/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [It was Adam Appleby's misfortune that at the moment of awakening from sleep his consciousness was immediately flooded with everything he least wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-adam-appleby-s-misfortune-that-at-the-moment-of-awakening-from/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“It was said that the view through the open window above the urinal, straight across the Bay to the Silver Span, was the finest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/it-was-said-that-the-view-through-the-open-window-above-the-urinal/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [“Our friends started life with too many beliefs -- the penalty of a Catholic upbringing. They were weighted down with beliefs, useless answers to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/our-friends-started-life-with-too-many-beliefs-the-penalty-of-a/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/literature-is-mostly-about-having-sex-and-not-much-about-having/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [Perhaps that's what we're all looking for - desire undiluted by habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/perhaps-that-s-what-we-re-all-looking-for-desire-undiluted-by-habit/)

[David Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lodge/)

> [Language is the net that holds thought trapped within a particular culture. But if one could only strike the ball with sufficient force, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lodge/language-is-the-net-that-holds-thought-trapped-within-a-particular/)

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