Quotes by Cyril Connolly
When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.
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The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.
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No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
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A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed with oneself, malignant and ungrateful, and never quite in touch with reality.
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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
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The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.
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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Connolly, Cyril