"The air itself was ebony, like the denial,……" — Martin Amis

"The air itself was ebony, like the denial, the refutation, of the idea of light."

— Martin Amis

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123 Quotes by Martin Amis

Martin Amis has 123 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and…
Very broadly, literature concerns itself with the internal, cinema with the external.
Jane was my wicked stepmother: she was generous, affectionate and resourceful; she salvaged my schooling and I owe her an…
When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral…
Only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn.
Every 10 years you're a different person, and the really great books evolve with you as you get older. They're…
Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.
Sometimes I feel that life is passing me by, not slowly either, but with ropes of steam and spark -…
One of the unseen benefits of having children is that they deliver you from your own selfishness. There's no going…
Weapons are like money; no one knows the meaning of enough.
More will mean worse.

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More Air Quotes

This quote is filed under Air Quotes, one of 4,448 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the… — Alexis Arguello
Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom -… — Matthew Arnold
On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million… — Diane Ackerman
It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then… — Lester Bangs
Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of… — Stanley Baldwin
Lexington did launch its air group when a Japanese carrier was reported. — Jack Adams
Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful. — Drew Barrymore
I love roller coasters that make my stomach drop. One ride in Las Vegas, the Big Shot, straps you into… — Drew Barrymore
Obviously, the young dancers lack a certain air of maturity. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. — Alexander Graham Bell
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and… — Clive Bell
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is… — Hilaire Belloc

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