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> [“Yes, she would have been partial to men, perhaps she might even have confined herself to one man in particular, if only she had been able to find one who shared her view that intimacy between two people was of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/yes-she-would-have-been-partial-to-men-perhaps-she-might-even-have/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

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## More by Jonathan Coe

> [I was going to say 'my friend Stuart', but I suppose he's not a friend any more. I seem to have lost a number…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-was-going-to-say-my-friend-stuart-but-i-suppose-he-s-not-a-friend/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“The upshot was that she lost her religion - with a vengeance - and walked out on him, taking these three daughters with her.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-upshot-was-that-she-lost-her-religion-with-a-vengeance-and-walked/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [The plain fact is that she never really liked me, and never wanted me. I had been a mistake; and that, to some extent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-plain-fact-is-that-she-never-really-liked-me-and-never-wanted-me/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Yes, she would have been partial to men, perhaps she might even have confined herself to one man in particular, if only she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/yes-she-would-have-been-partial-to-men-perhaps-she-might-even-have/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“You didn't take part, Benjamin?" Gunther asked, as he passed me a plate of cheese and cold meat. "My brother doesn't play games," said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/you-didn-t-take-part-benjamin-gunther-asked-as-he-passed-me-a-plate/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/as-soon-as-you-start-writing-about-how-human-beings-interact-with/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [I like the idea of a big caesura between the narratives, a space which readers can fill in with their own speculative history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-like-the-idea-of-a-big-caesura-between-the-narratives-a-space-which/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [They were written in the early '90s when I was strapped for cash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/they-were-written-in-the-early-90s-when-i-was-strapped-for-cash/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/the-more-melancholy-side-of-my-literary-personality-is-much-in-tune/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [I had no sense of any reputation that What a Carve Up! might acquire - at the time I didnt even have a publisher,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/i-had-no-sense-of-any-reputation-that-what-a-carve-up-might-acquire/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/ah-well-i-have-no-talent-for-nonfiction-that-s-my-problem/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/but-at-the-same-time-i-have-trouble-keeping-things-out-of-books-which/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Save some pity for the Misfit, fighting on with bursting heart; Not a trace of common sense, his is no common flight. Save, save…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/save-some-pity-for-the-misfit-fighting-on-with-bursting-heart-not-a/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Well, there'll be an outcry, of course, but then it'll die down and something else will come along for people to get annoyed about.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/well-there-ll-be-an-outcry-of-course-but-then-it-ll-die-down-and/)

[Jonathan Coe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-coe/)

> [“Le auto sono come le persone. Ogni giorno andiamo in giro in mezzo alla ressa, corriamo di qua e di là, arrivando quasi a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-coe/le-auto-sono-come-le-persone-ogni-giorno-andiamo-in-giro-in-mezzo/)

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