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A. N. Wilson quotes: I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father. I think I became a Catholic to annoy my father.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them. I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them.
A. N. Wilson quotes: History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines. History does not eliminate grievances. It lays them down like landmines.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man. Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only as a poet, but as a man.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there. I'm boring. My beliefs are neither here nor there.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Truth comes to us mediated by human love. Truth comes to us mediated by human love.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Anti-Semitism is extremely common. Anti-Semitism is extremely common.
A. N. Wilson quotes: We tell ourselves that God is dead, when what we mean is that God is Dad, and we wish him dead. We tell ourselves that God is dead, when what we mean is that God is Dad, and we wish him dead.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I wanted passionately to be a priest. I wanted passionately to be a priest.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not. Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea. I'm starting to realize that people are beginning to want to know about me. It's a jolly strange idea.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out. I think that if you can't be loyal to the Church, it's best to get out.
A. N. Wilson quotes: People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught. Personally, I think universities are finished. So much rubbish gets taught.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help. I'm not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.
A. N. Wilson quotes: We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us. We, while noting many things amiss about Victorian society, more often sense them judging us.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.' The United States is the ultimate land of optimistic promise, but it also gave birth to quintessentially pessimistic tragedy: 'Moby-Dick.'
A. N. Wilson quotes: I've got nothing very original to say myself. I've got nothing very original to say myself.
A. N. Wilson quotes: A busybody's work is never done. A busybody's work is never done.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I don't write books inadvertently. I don't write books inadvertently.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I once asked Lady Moseley what she found so beguiling about Hitler's conversation. 'Oh, the jokes', she said at once. I once asked Lady Moseley what she found so beguiling about Hitler's conversation. 'Oh, the jokes', she said at once.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher. I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
A. N. Wilson quotes: When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love. When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
A. N. Wilson quotes: In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper. In general, Hitler embodied the view of any popular newspaper.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men. The latest research has revealed that women have a higher IQ than men.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed. Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The scribbler's life is never done. The scribbler's life is never done.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists. The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind. The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
A. N. Wilson quotes: IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated. IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me. Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels. I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good. Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
A. N. Wilson quotes: As Hitler himself later enunciated, it matters not how idiotic the creed, what matters is the firmness with which it is enunciated. As Hitler himself later enunciated, it matters not how idiotic the creed, what matters is the firmness with which it is enunciated.
A. N. Wilson quotes: We cannot hope for a society in which formal organized religion dies out. But we can stop behaving as if it was worthy of our collective respect. We cannot hope for a society in which formal organized religion dies out. But we can stop behaving as if it was worthy of our collective respect.
A. N. Wilson quotes: It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics. It is remarkable how easily children and grown-ups adapt to living in a dictatorship organised by lunatics.
A. N. Wilson quotes: Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts. Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy. I think one of the very frightening things about the regime of the National Socialists is that it made people happy.
A. N. Wilson quotes: My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
A. N. Wilson quotes: I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England. I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
A. N. Wilson quotes: 'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life. 'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
A. N. Wilson quotes: The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.

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