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Edward St. Aubyn quotes: All she remembered was that Caligula had planned to torture his wife to find out why he was so devoted to her. What was David's excuse, she wondered.

All she remembered was that Caligula had planned to torture his wife to find out why he was so devoted to her. What was David's excuse, she wondered.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.

It seems people spend the majority of their lives believing they're dying, with the only consolation being that at one point they get to be right.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: At the beginning, there had been talk of using some of her money to start a home for alcoholics. In a sense they had succeeded.

At the beginning, there had been talk of using some of her money to start a home for alcoholics. In a sense they had succeeded.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Nevertheless, she treasured the idea that the Fauberts were connected to the earth in some wholesome way that the rest of us had forgotten.

Nevertheless, she treasured the idea that the Fauberts were connected to the earth in some wholesome way that the rest of us had forgotten.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Nothing so stubborn could change until it became more painful to avoid than to confront.

Nothing so stubborn could change until it became more painful to avoid than to confront.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Thanks for putting that in terms I can easily grasp,' said Malcolm, without showing the patronizing bitch the slightest sign of irony.

Thanks for putting that in terms I can easily grasp,' said Malcolm, without showing the patronizing bitch the slightest sign of irony.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: As Anne watched her, she could not help thinking of the age-old question every woman asks herself at some time or other: do I have to swallow it?

As Anne watched her, she could not help thinking of the age-old question every woman asks herself at some time or other: do I have to swallow it?

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: But that, after all, was the point of romantic folly. If it hadn't all gone horribly wrong, it wouldn't have been the real thing.

But that, after all, was the point of romantic folly. If it hadn't all gone horribly wrong, it wouldn't have been the real thing.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Balance was so elusive: either it was like this, too fast, or there was the heavy thing like wading through a swamp to get to the end of a sentence.

Balance was so elusive: either it was like this, too fast, or there was the heavy thing like wading through a swamp to get to the end of a sentence.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: His conscience, like a sunburnt scorpion, was stinging itself to death.

His conscience, like a sunburnt scorpion, was stinging itself to death.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.

The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: After less than a year together they now slept in separate rooms because Victor's snoring, and nothing else about him, kept her awake at night.

After less than a year together they now slept in separate rooms because Victor's snoring, and nothing else about him, kept her awake at night.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: She had brushed her teeth before vomiting as well, never able to utterly crush the optimistic streak in her nature.

She had brushed her teeth before vomiting as well, never able to utterly crush the optimistic streak in her nature.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have to do anything more.

She was ghastly and quite mad, but when I grew up I figured her worst punishment was to be herself and I didn't have to do anything more.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: the waiting-room atmosphere in which death was the delayed train ...

the waiting-room atmosphere in which death was the delayed train ...

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.

The Booker 2011 is of no more interest to me than the world heavyweight championship, which I'm not going to win either. It's irrelevant.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: People think they are individuals because they use the word "I" so often, Patrick commented.

People think they are individuals because they use the word "I" so often, Patrick commented.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

Well, the attractive thing about the subject of happiness is that it is notoriously difficult to write.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: She tried to walk more slowly up the hill. God, her mind was racing, racing in neutral,

She tried to walk more slowly up the hill. God, her mind was racing, racing in neutral,

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: The best way to contradict him is to let him talk

The best way to contradict him is to let him talk

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: The shock of standing again under the wide pale sky, completely exposed. This must be what the oyster feels when the lemon juice falls.

The shock of standing again under the wide pale sky, completely exposed. This must be what the oyster feels when the lemon juice falls.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: He was just one of those Englishmen who was always saying silly things to sound less pompous, and pompous things to sound less silly.

He was just one of those Englishmen who was always saying silly things to sound less pompous, and pompous things to sound less silly.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: It was never quite clear to Eleanor why the English thought it was so distinguished to have done nothing for a long time in the same place,

It was never quite clear to Eleanor why the English thought it was so distinguished to have done nothing for a long time in the same place,

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Nobody can find me here, he thought. And then he thought, what if nobody can find me here?

Nobody can find me here, he thought. And then he thought, what if nobody can find me here?

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.

People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Most people wait for their parents to die with a mixture of tremendous sadness and plans for a new swimming pool.

Most people wait for their parents to die with a mixture of tremendous sadness and plans for a new swimming pool.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: They had drifted apart, as people do when they promise to stay in touch; the ones who are going to stay in touch don't need to promise.

They had drifted apart, as people do when they promise to stay in touch; the ones who are going to stay in touch don't need to promise.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

It's no use imagining that bringing great writers together inevitably precipitates great conversation.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.

I'm not trying to uncover the facts of my life but to discover the dramatic truth of the situations I was in.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Snobbery is one of the things one should be most discriminating about

Snobbery is one of the things one should be most discriminating about

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?

I think that some laughter comes from escaped horror, doesn't it?

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.

Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.

Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.

No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Made him more conscious of how little experience he had of saying what he meant.

Made him more conscious of how little experience he had of saying what he meant.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.

If anything should take place behind closed doors, it was cruelty and betrayal.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: We are entering the Dark Ages, my friend, but this time there will be lots of neon, and screen savers, and street lighting.

We are entering the Dark Ages, my friend, but this time there will be lots of neon, and screen savers, and street lighting.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.

In England, art was much less likely to be mentioned in polite society than sexual perversions or methods of torture.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: It was unbelievable, there was the dry-cleaning ticket again. There must be more than one.

It was unbelievable, there was the dry-cleaning ticket again. There must be more than one.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: You can only give things up once they start to let you down.

You can only give things up once they start to let you down.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: I feel on the verge of a great transformation, which may be as simple as becoming interested in other things.

I feel on the verge of a great transformation, which may be as simple as becoming interested in other things.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Rome wasn't deconstructed in a day.

Rome wasn't deconstructed in a day.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: At the same time, his past lay before him like a corpse waiting to be embalmed.

At the same time, his past lay before him like a corpse waiting to be embalmed.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: I was thinking that a life is just the history of what we give our attention to,' said Patrick. 'The rest is packaging.

I was thinking that a life is just the history of what we give our attention to,' said Patrick. 'The rest is packaging.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: Anne came downstairs wearing a white cotton dress almost indistinguishable from the white cotton nightgown she had taken off.

Anne came downstairs wearing a white cotton dress almost indistinguishable from the white cotton nightgown she had taken off.

Edward St. Aubyn quotes: That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of Hello! magazine.

That was the wonderful thing about historical novels, one met so many famous people. It was like reading a very old copy of Hello! magazine.