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One Quotes by Martin Amis
- Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an unknowable debt for that. One…
- When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of my memories. She…
- Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark - spattered wheels and a hoarse…
- One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going back.
- Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
- Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
- It's been said that happiness writes white. It doesn't show up on the page. When you're on holiday and writing a letter home to a…
- So if you ever felt something behind you, when you weren't even one, like welcome heat, like a bulb, like a sun, trying to shine…
- The children of the nuclear age, I think, were weakened in their capacity to love. Hard to love, when you're bracing yourself for impact. Hard…
- People? People are chaotic quiddities living in one cave each. They pass the hours in amorous grudge and playback and thought experiment. At the campfire…
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