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Eric Linklater
3 quotes
“There won’t be any revolution in America," said Isadore. Nikitin agreed. "The people are all too clean. They spend all their time changing their shirts and washing themselves. You can’t feel fierce and revolutionary in a bathroom.”
Eric Linklater (1899–1974) first seen 1931 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Juan in America (1931), bk. 5, pt. 3
“London's a dull town," said Magnus, ... "It's easy to live in," he said, "but the air's flat and stale and the people half-hearted. There's nothing to do there. You can make love without trouble or meaning, or get mildly drunk, or extract second-hand emotions from the cinema, or put your mind to sleep on a dance-floor, or play bridge, or throw yourself in front of a train on the Underground. There are forty ways of escaping from consciousness. But I want something more exciting than that.”
Eric Linklater (1899–1974) first seen 1934 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Magnus Merriman (1934), p. 44
“I find it difficult to recognize people. Human beings are so much alike.”
Eric Linklater (1899–1974) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sealskin Trousers", Sealskin Trousers and Other Stories (1947), p. 110