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Robert Aickman
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“She was almost glowing with resolution. She realized that to display moral qualities demands practice, just as much as intellectual and manual qualities.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She had rather looked down on such shops and on such clothes, but that had been ignorance and the wrong kind of sophistication.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t spend all day reading the newspapers. It can get hold of you as poisonously as the television, if you once let it.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Upon the passage to truth, cross-currents are to be expected.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The idea came to him, not for the first time, that most of the things which people buy in the belief that they are luxuries are really poor substitutes for luxury.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p.27 (Story was first published in 1988. Page numbers are per the Mandarin paperback "The Wine-Dark Sea" (short stories) 1990 Edition.)
“It was, in any case, quite useless, and, like most useless things, useless almost immediately.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“'I didn't find it in the least difficult,' said Grigg. 'Those meant to succeed at a thing never do find the thing difficult.' 'Meant? Meant by whom?' 'By the life of which they are a part, whether they know it or not.' 'It is very mystical,' said Grigg.”
Robert Aickman (1914–1981) said by 1981 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source