Simple pleasures Quote by Lionel Shriver

“People gravitated here for the open air, the prolific intoxicants and the visual treats. They made the deals here that were later played out…

— G.S. Jennsen

“His was one of those well-groomed reputations that get the most out of everything; any unusual holiday acquires the character of an exploration, and…

— James Hilton

“It was clear he had remained unflustered by recent public events, at the age he had reached perhaps disillusioned with the commonplaces of life;…

— Anthony Powell

“They served to remind Cabal - should a reminder ever be necessary - why his social skills were so poor: people were loathsome and…

— Jonathan L. Howard

“He adored talking about the rich…. But his real wealth was literary. He had read many thousands of books. He said that history was…

— Peter Watson

“He was a typical workaholic, driven to succeed and willing to put in the hours to do so. It didn't leave much time for…

— Lynsay Sands

“Always, from the first time he went there to see Eros and the lights, that circus have a magnet for him, that circus represent…

— Samuel Selvon

“The little victories haggled from him by foreign tourists cost Anand his daily bread, and cost them the chance to know him as a…

— Gregory David Roberts

Good thoughts his only friends, His wealth a well-spent age, The earth his sober inn And quiet pilgrimage.

— Anonymous

“In his life he'd passed through long periods of gratefulness and good cheer, but he'd scarcely even imagined this level of thorough contentment with…

— Chad Harbach

“The more time he spent out of the office and in the public, the more he had to deal with asshats and dipshits. Dale…

— Jasun Ether

“He was one of that class of men who, apart from a scientific career in which they may well have proved brilliantly successful, have…

— Marcel Proust