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It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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But, gentlemen, enough of words. Actions speak louder than. Action now.

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I was cured all right.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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Then I looked at its top sheet, and there was the name—A CLOCKWORK ORANGE . . . “—The attempt to impose upon man, a creature of growth and capable of sweetness, to ooze juicily at the last round the bearded lips of God, to attempt to impose, I say, laws and conditions appropriate to a mechanical creation, against this I raise my sword-pen—.”

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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The writer’s life seethes within but not without.
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The state is never so efficient as when it wants money.
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As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused.
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With both agents and publishers hungry for bestsellers, literature will have to end up as a cottage industry.
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Immortality makes sense only when the individual soul can be thought of as merging into a great collective mush of sainthood. If we take anything with us into the next world, it is not what survives in the memories of our relicts.
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The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world.
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John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917-1993), known as Anthony Burgess, was a prolific and versatile writer, whose work spans over fifty books. His worldwide fame derives mainly from 'A Clockwork Orange', a masterpiece of dystopian fiction that examines society, violence, and human psychology through an innovative language, 'Nadsat'. Burgess possessed vast knowledge in linguistics, which was reflected in his ability to create fictional dialects and explore communication. His literary output also includes historical novels, works on music, and critical essays. His career was marked by a relentless pursuit of new forms of expression and a deep reflection on culture and identity.