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title: "2 Anglo saxon Quotes By Peter Ackroyd"
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> [The embrace of present and past time, in which English antiquarianism becomes a form of alchemy, engenders a strange timelessness. It is as if the little bird which flew through the Anglo-Saxon banqueting hall, in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/the-embrace-of-present-and-past-time-in-which-english-antiquarianism/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

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> [There is a word in Old English which belongs wholly to that civilization - "dustsceawung," meaning contemplation of dust. It is a true image of the Anglo-Saxon mind, or at least an echo of that consciousness which considered transcience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/there-is-a-word-in-old-english-which-belongs-wholly-to-that/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

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## More by Peter Ackroyd

> [If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/if-i-did-only-one-thing-at-a-time-i-d-think-i-was-wasting-my-time-if/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/i-believe-that-the-gods-themselves-are-frightened-of-the-world-which/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [“A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/a-woman-is-a-deep-ditch-said-he-her-house-inclines-to-death-and-her/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [I don't know if I have a voice of my own. I don't see me being an important person with something to say. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/i-don-t-know-if-i-have-a-voice-of-my-own-i-don-t-see-me-being-an/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/the-ordinary-routines-of-life-are-never-chronicled-by-the-historian/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [“I believe now that there can be no real sense of loss or seperation without the recognition of death; we were too young to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/i-believe-now-that-there-can-be-no-real-sense-of-loss-or-seperation/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [I don't find myself interesting as a person and the details I find boring, quite frankly. You could sum it up in a few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/i-don-t-find-myself-interesting-as-a-person-and-the-details-i-find/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/rioting-has-always-been-a-london-tradition-it-has-been-since-the/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [“absinthe removes the bitter taste of failure and grants me strange visions which are charming principally because they cannot be written down. Only in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/absinthe-removes-the-bitter-taste-of-failure-and-grants-me-strange/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [“Those in their snug Bed-chambers may call the Fears of Night meer Bugbears, but their Minds have not pierced into the Horror of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/those-in-their-snug-bed-chambers-may-call-the-fears-of-night-meer/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [In so far as I have any beliefs, I suppose I'm like that old Peggy Lee song, 'Is That All There Is?' I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/in-so-far-as-i-have-any-beliefs-i-suppose-i-m-like-that-old-peggy-lee/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [“dyer. (Looking at him scornfully) So that is why Wits swarm like Egypt's Frogs. If I were a Writer now, I would wish to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/dyer-looking-at-him-scornfully-so-that-is-why-wits-swarm-like-egypt-s/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [The embrace of present and past time, in which English antiquarianism becomes a form of alchemy, engenders a strange timelessness. It is as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/the-embrace-of-present-and-past-time-in-which-english-antiquarianism/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [In London, I've always lived within 10 miles of where I was born. You see, there is something called a spirit of place, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/in-london-i-ve-always-lived-within-10-miles-of-where-i-was-born-you/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

> [There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-ackroyd/there-is-no-humiliation-worse-than-the-consciousness-of-a-wasted-life/)

[Peter Ackroyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-ackroyd/)

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