Quote by J.P. Donleavy Download Open image ““If there's a sickness in America, it's the lack of materialism.”” — J.P. Donleavy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“So material a difference does it make, not what ills are suffered, but what kind of man suffers them.” — Augustine of Hippo Copy Share Image
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“When people are treated like a product, they become obsessed with materialism.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
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“Too sick to work and not sick enough to die is common in modern society.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“In the grip of madness, materialism begins to look like an admirable belief system.” — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
“Illness was a temporary respite, a release from the demands of an alienating world.” — Lauren Slater Copy Share Image
“The sun of Sunday morning up out of the sleepless sea from black Liverpool. Sitting on the rocks over the water with a jug… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“But Jesus, when you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both it's health,… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Come here till I tell you. Where is the sea high and the winds soft and moist and warm, sometimes stained with sun, with… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Some day you’ll show up when I’m back where I belong in this world. When I have what I ought to have. My due.… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“And Mary, what of other men? There are no other men because my heart has gone out to you. And if you don't laugh… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“She thought too that women didn't know what to do with themselves these days which could turn them into harridans. Hardly a female friend… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Not using that handy maxim a man is what he makes his dough at and alas how much. Sometimes it is a gentle gesture… — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“Have you seen a lot of women?" "Wouldn't say a lot." "And what were they like?" "Naked.” — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
“How when one is able to indulge the luxury of beginning one's life again. All one thinks To do Is end it” — J.P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
