All Mervyn Peake Quotes
- And now, my poor old woman, why are you crying so bitterly? It is autumn. The leaves are falling from the trees like burning tears-… Autumn
- He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt. Happiness
- The moon slid inexorably into its zenith, the shadows shrivelling to the feet of all that cast them, and as Rantel approached the hollow at… All
- Something to remember, that: cats for missiles. Cat
- I am the wilderness lost in man. Inspirational
- Mount and begone. The world awaits you. Awaits
- Yet not with all of me am I in love. Too much of my own quietness is with me. All
- For what use are books to anyone whose days are like a rook's nest with every twig a duty. Anyone
- His was not the hatred that arises suddenly like a storm and as suddenly abates. It was, once the initial shock of anger and pain… Abates
- And there shall be a flame-green daybreak soon. And love itself will cry for insurrection! For tomorrow is also a day - and Titus has… Cry
- Seeing an Earl as an owl on a mantelpiece, and having part of one's face removed by a cat, both on the same morning, can… Any
- Cold love’s the loveliest love of all. So clear, so crisp, so empty. In short, so civilized. All
- There are times when the air that floats between mortals becomes, in its stillness and silence, as cruel as the edge of a scythe. Air
- In the presence of real tragedy you feel neither pain nor joy nor hatred, only a sense of enormous space and time suspended, the great… Across