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Malcolm Lowry quotes: Journalism equals intellectual male prostitution of speech and writing,

Journalism equals intellectual male prostitution of speech and writing,

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.

Long for me as I for you, forgetting, what will be inevitable, the long black aftermath of pain.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Far above him a few white clouds were racing windily after a pale gibbous moon. Drink all morning, they said to him, drink all day. This is life!

Far above him a few white clouds were racing windily after a pale gibbous moon. Drink all morning, they said to him, drink all day. This is life!

Malcolm Lowry quotes: My lover. Oh come to me again as once in May.

My lover. Oh come to me again as once in May.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: He was safe here; this was the place he loved - sanctuary, the paradise of his despair.

He was safe here; this was the place he loved - sanctuary, the paradise of his despair.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: A little self-knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A little self-knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: How alike are the groans of love to those of the dying.

How alike are the groans of love to those of the dying.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Interchangeable ever were the terms of abuse with which the aggressor discredits those about to be ravaged!

Interchangeable ever were the terms of abuse with which the aggressor discredits those about to be ravaged!

Malcolm Lowry quotes: I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.

I have resisted temptation for two and a half minutes at least: my redemption is sure.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking forts.

For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking forts.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Hugh put one foot up on the parapet and regarded his cigarette that seemed bent, like humanity, on consuming itself as quickly as possible.

Hugh put one foot up on the parapet and regarded his cigarette that seemed bent, like humanity, on consuming itself as quickly as possible.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: - I am the chief steward of my fate, I am the fireman of my soul.

- I am the chief steward of my fate, I am the fireman of my soul.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Only against death does man cry out in vain.

Only against death does man cry out in vain.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: The will of man is unconquerable. Even God cannot conquer it.

The will of man is unconquerable. Even God cannot conquer it.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.

Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Somebody threw a dead dog after him down the ravine.

Somebody threw a dead dog after him down the ravine.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: How shall the murdered man convince his assassin he will not haunt him.

How shall the murdered man convince his assassin he will not haunt him.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.

I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light

The fallen leaves in the forest seemed to make even the ground glow and burn with light

Malcolm Lowry quotes: And in the town too were innumerable white cantinhas, where one could drink forever on credit, with the door open and the wind blowing.

And in the town too were innumerable white cantinhas, where one could drink forever on credit, with the door open and the wind blowing.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?

What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?

Malcolm Lowry quotes: How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?

How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?

Malcolm Lowry quotes: It's amazing when you come to think of it how the human spirit seems to blossom in the shadow of the abattoir!

It's amazing when you come to think of it how the human spirit seems to blossom in the shadow of the abattoir!

Malcolm Lowry quotes: But who could agree with someone who was so certain you were going to be sober the day after tomorrow?

But who could agree with someone who was so certain you were going to be sober the day after tomorrow?

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Not that it was not a nightmare. It was, but of a very special kind he was scarcely old enough to appreciate.

Not that it was not a nightmare. It was, but of a very special kind he was scarcely old enough to appreciate.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run.

Can't you see there's a determinism about the fate of nations? They all seem to get what they deserve in the long run.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: Fear ringed by doubt is my eternal moon.

Fear ringed by doubt is my eternal moon.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours.

I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours.

Malcolm Lowry quotes: He felt rather like someone lying in a bath after all the water has run out, witless, almost dead.

He felt rather like someone lying in a bath after all the water has run out, witless, almost dead.