“Life in a police state magnifies the small mercies that it leaves alone until they become disproportionate to their significance; at the same time it banalises the worst travesties into mere routine.” — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“Kafka’s The Castle came to mind, a book I had not read but that fell into that category of literature that culture reads on… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“In diplomacy there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves and the large… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“To be compromised you need to have a stake in things, you need to have something to lose and something to gain. You have… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“Leo had once joked about writing an allegorical sketch where Parody packed its bags, shut up shop and put a sign on the door… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“Life in a police state magnifies the small mercies that it leaves alone until they become disproportionate to their significance; at the same time… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“He was a fundamentalist – a pragmatic one perhaps, but a fundamentalist nonetheless, for whom all the failures of the ideal were due to… — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
“The waiter came over to ask if all is delicious. As we have not yet ordered, it is certainly the perfect time to enquire.” — Patrick McGuinness Copy Share Image
