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> [“It’s material deprivation that starts all this off.” “They’ve got dishwashers, Miranda,” Billa said. “They’re not examples of material deprivation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/it-s-material-deprivation-that-starts-all-this-off-they-ve-got/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

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## More by Philip Hensher

> [“Previously, gay life had seemed a merry series of cabinet reshuffles and rearrangements, in which everyone was single for a time, then paired off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/previously-gay-life-had-seemed-a-merry-series-of-cabinet-reshuffles/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [I think you can tell when you meet someone whether they read novels. There's some hollowness if they don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/i-think-you-can-tell-when-you-meet-someone-whether-they-read-novels/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [The Humbling is not vintage Roth, despite its compelling premise. The bizarre series of episodes -- mostly sexual encounters with women -- which make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/the-humbling-is-not-vintage-roth-despite-its-compelling-premise-the/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“The thing I truly object to,” Kitty said, “and I know this sounds trivial and I don’t care if it sounds a bit snobbish,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/the-thing-i-truly-object-to-kitty-said-and-i-know-this-sounds-trivial/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [ It \[fiction\] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/it-fiction-allows-us-to-see-the-world-from-the-point-of-view-of/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“It’s material deprivation that starts all this off.” “They’ve got dishwashers, Miranda,” Billa said. “They’re not examples of material deprivation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/it-s-material-deprivation-that-starts-all-this-off-they-ve-got/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [I think you can tell, when you meet someone, whether they read novels or not. There is some little hollowness if they don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/i-think-you-can-tell-when-you-meet-someone-whether-they-read-novels-2/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“Depressing realization sets in. Writing was invented not by human beings but by accountants. Most of the early writing systems are records of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/depressing-realization-sets-in-writing-was-invented-not-by-human/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“You need to start making an effort,” Richard said. “There’s a thing called the gay scene nowadays. It happens in large cities – London,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/you-need-to-start-making-an-effort-richard-said-there-s-a-thing/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“... something very unusual, a chocolate-flavoured log of goats’ cheese. “Made by lesbians in Wales,” Sam had explained superfluously.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/something-very-unusual-a-chocolate-flavoured-log-of-goats-cheese-made/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“It happened to some people, that obsession with throwing their clothes off at an age when it would be best to keep them on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/it-happened-to-some-people-that-obsession-with-throwing-their-clothes/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“Why do we say ‘the cockles of your heart’?” David said. “Nothing to do with whelks, I suppose.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/why-do-we-say-the-cockles-of-your-heart-david-said-nothing-to-do-with/)

[Philip Hensher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-hensher/)

> [“If you don't say anything it can't become important, but if you say it everyone's ever after got to walk round it like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-hensher/if-you-don-t-say-anything-it-can-t-become-important-but-if-you-say-it/)

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