Any language is necessarily a finite system applied with different degrees of creativity to an infinite variety of situations, and most of the words and phrases we use are "prefabricated" in the sense that we don't coin new ones every… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“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… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“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” — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“So they stood upon the shores of Faith and felt the old dogmas and certainties ebbing away rapidly under their feet and between their… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“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… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“When does a novel begin? The question is almost as difficult to answer as the question, when does the human embryo become a person? ” — David Lodge Copy Share Image
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… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“It was said that the view through the open window above the urinal, straight across the Bay to the Silver Span, was the finest… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
“Our friends started life with too many beliefs -- the penalty of a Catholic upbringing. They were weighted down with beliefs, useless answers to… — David Lodge Copy Share Image
