David Lodge Quotes

An' you told him what I said about a verbal contract not being worth the paper it's printed on? — Terry Pratchett

Wandering between two worlds, one lost, the other powerless to be born. — David Lodge

But the creative juices dry up if they're not kept in circulation. — David Lodge

Literature is mostly about having sex and not much about having children; life's the other way round. — David Lodge

I never did like working out - it bears the same relationship to real sport as masturbation does to real sex — David Lodge

How many times have I told you? Polite persons do not take supper in the nude. — Ransom Riggs

I knew one thing. I did not want to be a mommy like mommy. — Betty Friedan

Life, after all, should go forwards, not backwards. — David Lodge

Information is the religion of the modern world. — David Lodge

He hugs the thought to himself with guilty glee. — David Lodge

Walt Whitman, he who laid end to end words never seen in each other's company before outside of a dictionary. — David Lodge

Time management is really key for me. — Marc Guggenheim

I'm a bit of a deconstructionist myself. It's kind of exciting - the last intellectual thrill left. Like sawing through the branch you're sitting on. — David Lodge

Perhaps it will I said perhaps it will be wonderful perhaps even though it won't be like you think perhaps that won't matter perhaps — David Lodge

(did anyone ever use a semi-colon in a suicide note?). — David Lodge

I really do want to have a child. — Carrie Ann Inaba

It's the only thing that keeps me going these days, travelling. Changes of scene, changes of faces — David Lodge

Every decoding is another encoding. — David Lodge

Trust yourselves. Love and be loved. — Selena Gomez

Perhaps that's what we're all looking for - desire undiluted by habit. — David Lodge

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. — David Lodge

I FUCKING LOVE HER! I scream, my heart thrashing in my ribs. — Krista Ritchie

I respect a man who can recognize a quotation. It's a dying art. — David Lodge