Anthony-powell Quote by Hilary Spurling

“His boredom was like a nostalgia for the whole world. He was homesick for everywhere but here.”

— Christopher Isherwood

“ Your favorite occupation? Travel in contested territory. Hard-working writing and reading when safely home, in the knowledge that an amusing friend is later…

— Christopher Hitchens

“In the shock of his loss, Tony Hastings knew the importance of remaining civilized, with a bomb behind his eyeballs that would blow up…

— Austin Wright

“[My guilty pleasure is a] deep, eco-unfriendly, hot bath. Preferably with a glass of champagne and someone sitting on the loo seat gossiping.”

— Prue Leith

“Most people, he muses, they're trying to escape from boredom, but I'm trying to get into the thick of boredom.”

— Haruki Murakami

“When the rooms were warm, he'd call, and slowly I would rise and dress, fearing the chronic angers of that house, Speaking indifferently to…

— Robert Hayden

“How, then, could I have a furnished house? I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless…

— Henry David Thoreau

“surrounds him as it had for the last three days, but he sees none of it. The Victorian-style decor, the luxurious furnishings, and the…

— Alexia Praks

“He walked among the bookstore shelves, hearing Muzak in the air. There were rows of handsome covers, prosperous and assured. He felt a fine…

— Don DeLillo

“These occasions always took him by surprise. He was shocked anew each time the crisply surveyed, neatly kept world he so cherished rose up…

— T.C. Boyle