What did Cyril Connolly mean by: While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. Cyril Connolly Critic · England Copy
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Love, Pain, Relationships, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Creativity, Perfection, Significance, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Obesity is a mental state, a disease brought on by boredom and disappointment. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Boredom, Disease, Mental, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Hate, Literature, Timelessness, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Health, Motivation, Purpose, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Body, Happiness, Spirituality, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Acquisition, Mind., Quality, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Capacity, Idleness, Present, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds Leonora Carrington Painter · United Kingdom
I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence. Jean Rostand Biologist · France
