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> [The whole point of marriage is to stop you getting anywhere near real life. You think it's a great struggle with the mystery of being. It's more like being smothered in warm cocoa. There's sex, but it's not what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/the-whole-point-of-marriage-is-to-stop-you-getting-anywhere-near-real/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

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## More by Malcolm Bradbury

> [I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/i-like-the-english-they-have-the-most-rigid-code-of-immorality-in-the/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [If God had been a liberal, we wouldn't have had the Ten Commandments - we'd have the Ten Suggestions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/if-god-had-been-a-liberal-we-wouldn-t-have-had-the-ten-commandments/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“There are no travellers now, only tourists. A traveller comes to see a reality that is there already. A tourist comes only to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/there-are-no-travellers-now-only-tourists-a-traveller-comes-to-see-a/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“Oh, it must be wonderful to be educated. What does it feel like?' 'It's like having an operation,' said Treece. 'You don't know you've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/oh-it-must-be-wonderful-to-be-educated-what-does-it-feel-like-it-s/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [I like the English. They have the most rigid code if immorality in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/i-like-the-english-they-have-the-most-rigid-code-if-immorality-in-the/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“After all, the function of a vacation is regenerative, not luxurious. It's to restore our equipment so that we can live our ordinary lives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/after-all-the-function-of-a-vacation-is-regenerative-not-luxurious-it/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/only-the-old-are-innocent-that-is-what-the-victorians-understood-and/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [Marriage is the most advanced form of warfare in the modern world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/marriage-is-the-most-advanced-form-of-warfare-in-the-modern-world/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [Life is a crisis - so what!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/life-is-a-crisis-so-what/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“Madness, genius, originality - it's all the same thing; it's a breaking of our normal value structure and the substitution of another one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/madness-genius-originality-it-s-all-the-same-thing-it-s-a-breaking-of/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [With sociology one can do anything and call it work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/with-sociology-one-can-do-anything-and-call-it-work/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [Most beds aren't as intimate as people think they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/most-beds-aren-t-as-intimate-as-people-think-they-are/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“There's always something or someone to do.''But don't you ever find it too much work, Howard?' asks Flora, 'All this dressing and undressing, all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/there-s-always-something-or-someone-to-do-but-don-t-you-ever-find-it/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“..it lay in the true function of the university to promote that interplay of view, that discussion and dispute, that cumulative narrowing down of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/it-lay-in-the-true-function-of-the-university-to-promote-that/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

> [“This education we're giving them is the tool of destruction, of course; that's what makes it so painful. We're showing them how to accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-bradbury/this-education-we-re-giving-them-is-the-tool-of-destruction-of-course/)

[Malcolm Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-bradbury/)

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