Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way.
Kingsley AmisStichwörter: consciousness
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If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.
Kingsley AmisStichwörter: writing annoyance
... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which really deserved a face, he had none to celebrate it with. As a kind of token, he made his Sex Life in Ancient Rome face.
Kingsley AmisStichwörter: rage humour anger faces
Laziness has become the chief characteristic of journalism, displacing incompetence.
Kingsley AmisOne of the great benefits of organised religion is that you can be forgiven your sins, which must be a wonderful thing. . .I mean, I carry my sins around with me, there's nobody there to forgive them.
Kingsley AmisDixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way; not for him the slow, gracious wandering from the halls of sleep, but a summary, forcible ejection. He lay sprawled, too wicked to move, spewed up like a broken spider-crab on the tarry shingle of morning. The light did him harm, but not as much as looking at things did; he resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again. A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad.
Kingsley AmisStichwörter: humor literature alcohol hangover
Cited by the author of 'Lucky Jim' as one of the most dismal depressing questions in the English language: "Shall we go straight in?
Kingsley AmisNice things are nicer than nasty ones.
Kingsley AmisHe was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic.
Kingsley AmisI'll pour you the first one and after that, if you don't have one, it's your own f****** fault. You know where it is.
Kingsley AmisStichwörter: hospitality
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