Adam Quote by David Lodge

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

— David Lodge

“We’re a bundle of incompatible parts, and we make up stories about ourselves to disguise the fact. The mental unity of the individual is…

— David Lodge

“perhaps it will I said perhaps it will be wonderful perhaps even though it won't be like you think perhaps that won't matter perhaps”

— David Lodge

“So they stood upon the shores of Faith and felt the old dogmas and certainties ebbing away rapidly under their feet and between their…

— David Lodge

Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the…

— David Lodge

“Cica in fiecare grasan se afla cate-un slabanog care se lupta sa iasa la lumina, iar eu unul ii aud strigatele inabusite ori de…

— David Lodge

“Information is the religion of the modern world.”

— David Lodge

“He hugs the thought to himself with guilty glee.”

— David Lodge

“When does a novel begin? The question is almost as difficult to answer as the question, when does the human embryo become a person? ”

— David Lodge

“It was said that the view through the open window above the urinal, straight across the Bay to the Silver Span, was the finest…

— David Lodge

“Our friends started life with too many beliefs -- the penalty of a Catholic upbringing. They were weighted down with beliefs, useless answers to…

— David Lodge

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children. Life is the other way round.

— David Lodge