An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
Evelyn WaughThe languor of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost!
Evelyn WaughDon't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.
Evelyn WaughHis courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.
Evelyn Waugh