Kingsley Amis Quotes

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Should poets bicycle-pump the human heart
Or squash it flat? - Kingsley Amis quote.
Should poets bicycle-pump the human heart
Or squash it flat?
— Kingsley Amis

poets

A bad review may spoil your breakfast but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch. - Kingsley Amis quote.
A bad review may spoil your breakfast but you shouldn't allow it to spoil your lunch.
— Kingsley Amis Aren’t We Due a Royalty Statement?

reviews

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. - Kingsley Amis quote.
He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
— Kingsley Amis

religion

His writing is sharp, lucid and logical, embodying imagination in the true sense of the word: common sense with wings. - Kingsley Amis quote.
His writing is sharp, lucid and logical, embodying imagination in the true sense of the word: common sense with wings.
— Kingsley Amis The Spectator
Work was like cats were supposed to be; if you disliked and feared it and tried to out of its way, it knew at once and sought you out. - Kingsley Amis quote.
Work was like cats were supposed to be; if you disliked and feared it and tried to out of its way, it knew at once and sought you out.
— Kingsley Amis

work