What did Christopher Isherwood mean by: What it sees there isn’t so much a face as the expression of a predicament. Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom Copy
Only those who are capable of silliness can be called truly intelligent. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Capability, Intelligence, Silliness, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
The town is an advertisement for itself; none of its charms are left to the visitor’s imagination. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Advertisement, Imagination, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Humility, Impermanence, Ownership, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
The paternalist is a sentimentalist at heart, and the sentimentalist is always potentially cruel. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Cruelty, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Acceptance, Belief, Urgency, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Memory, Perception, Transformation, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
You see, Kenny, there are some things you don’t even know you know, until you’re asked. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Awareness, Discovery, Knowledge, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom
One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Christopher Isherwood, Authenticity, Expression, Individuality, 0 Christopher Isherwood Novelist · United Kingdom