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> [“It was far better, he thought, just to get on with life yourself, to have your own adventures and make your own mistakes, without raising a banner over them that proclaimed: I'm this, or I'm that; of this party or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/it-was-far-better-he-thought-just-to-get-on-with-life-yourself-to/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

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## More by Anthony McDonald

> [“Exposing impressionable young men to the glories of opera on their first evening at home with you tended to put the kiss of death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/exposing-impressionable-young-men-to-the-glories-of-opera-on-their/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“It was far better, he thought, just to get on with life yourself, to have your own adventures and make your own mistakes, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/it-was-far-better-he-thought-just-to-get-on-with-life-yourself-to/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“The real being the good that lies in the human heart,' I heard myself saying. 'The real, and the greatest good among all things,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/the-real-being-the-good-that-lies-in-the-human-heart-i-heard-myself/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“It did look rather nice, actually, though it was hardly something to masturbate about.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/it-did-look-rather-nice-actually-though-it-was-hardly-something-to/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“Are we all just lightning rods for other people's destinies? Is that what it's all about”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/are-we-all-just-lightning-rods-for-other-people-s-destinies-is-that/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“Sex was like the wooden horse of Troy, he decided. How uncomplicated a gift it seemed at first, but once you had let it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/sex-was-like-the-wooden-horse-of-troy-he-decided-how-uncomplicated-a/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“I've never had a love letter before. Not from anyone. It is a most wonderful thing to receive. I realise that it makes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/i-ve-never-had-a-love-letter-before-not-from-anyone-it-is-a-most/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“Oh I don't know,' he said. 'But maybe, maybe love should be a kind of journey”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/oh-i-don-t-know-he-said-but-maybe-maybe-love-should-be-a-kind-of/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“When whisky talks it rarely counsels prudence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/when-whisky-talks-it-rarely-counsels-prudence/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

> [“A ship there is and she sails the sea. She’s loaded deep as deep can be. But not so deep as the love I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-mcdonald/a-ship-there-is-and-she-sails-the-sea-she-s-loaded-deep-as-deep-can/)

[Anthony McDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-mcdonald/)

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