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David Nokes
3 quotes
“'Not that there was anything particularly wrong with Marxism as a concept,' McWhinnie grinned. 'It just didn’t work in practice. Much the same as you could say about Christianity; all right as a concept. I trust I don’t offend you,’ he tugged at his jacket-cuffs. 'Not in the slightest.’ McWhinnie looked disappointed.”
David Nokes (1948–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For him scholarship had been a refuge: he valued literature not as a reflection of reality, but as an escape route from it. … [In literature] nature was methodised, the poet was always a prince, and the scholar found himself elevated to an all-powerful magus reducing the randomness of events to a dream of traditional order.”
David Nokes (1948–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He had long ago abandoned the idea that there was any point in reading books. Perfectly uselessthat was their essential charm. He’d given up reading new books altogether. Someone, he couldn’t remember who, had recommended he read a novel by some Jewish chap. Turned out to be all about wanking. ‘Whacking-off’ he called it. Summed up modern literature perfectly.”
David Nokes (1948–2009) said by 2009 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source