"When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these……" — Kingsley Amis
"When that ineffable compound of depression, sadness (these two are not the same), anxiety, self-hatred, sense of failure and fear for the future begins to steal over you, start telling yourself that what you have is a hangover. You are not sickening for anything, you have not suffered a minor brain lesion, you are not all that bad at your job, your family and friends are not leagued in a conspiracy of barely maintained silence about what a s**t you are, you have not come at last to see life as it really is and there is no use crying over spilt milk."
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42 Quotes by Kingsley Amis
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Cats are only human, they have their faults.
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I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pate than any other.
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Never despise a drink because it is easy to make and/or uses commercial mixes. Unquestioning devotion to authenticity is, in…
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He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
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