Anthony Powell citáty
1 1Anthony Powell
Datum narození: 21. prosinec 1905
Datum úmrtí: 28. březen 2000
Další jména:أنتوني باول,آنتونی پاول,Anthony Dymoke Powell
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Anthony Dymoke Powell byl anglický romanopisec.
Citáty Anthony Powell
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„Books do furnish a room.“
— Anthony Powell, Dance to the Music of Time
„People think because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Because a novel's invented, it is true. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they can't include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that. The novelist himself lays it down. His decision is binding.“
— Anthony Powell
Hearing Secret Harmonies (1975), ch. 3.
„He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.“
— Anthony Powell
The Acceptance World (1955), ch. 1.
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„Self-love seems so often unrequited.“
— Anthony Powell
The Acceptance World (1955), ch. 1.
„[T]here is no greater sign of innate misery than a love of teasing.“
— Anthony Powell
At Lady Molly's (1957), ch. 1.
„Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.“
— Anthony Powell
Temporary Kings (1973), ch. 1.
