Despair Quote by Alice Thomas Ellis

There seems to be a peculiar and particular tie between men who have been drunk together.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

“There is no reciprocity. Men love women. Women love children. Children love hamsters. Hamsters don't love anyone; it is quite hopeless.”

— Alice Thomas Ellis

“I vividly recall an occasion when the oldest son was starting to crawl. We were sitting in a garden in the country with acres…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

“They shared an image of the American Christmas--riches, reconciliations, tears, snow, success, sentiment, furs and firs, the shop windows shining like Heaven and everything…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Those who live on vanity must, not unreasonably, expect to die of mortification.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

The snag in being married to a person who knows more or less everything is that one gets hopelessly lazy. ... I never look…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Evil and laughter cannot co-exist.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

There is a hint of despair in the cry of 'I told you so,' an element of disappointment in the apparent satisfaction when idols…

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Claudia's the sort of girl who goes through life holding onto the sides.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Our only hope rests on the off-chance that God does exist.

— Alice Thomas Ellis

Men were made for war. Without it they wandered greyly about, getting under the feet of the women, who were trying to organize the…

— Alice Thomas Ellis