If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
Evelyn WaughI think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.
Evelyn WaughThere is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York.
Evelyn WaughPerhaps all our loves are merely hints and symbols; vagabond-language scrawled on gate-posts and paving-stones along the weary road that others have tramped before us; perhaps you and I are types and this sadness which sometimes falls between us springs from disappointment in our search, each straining through and beyond the other, snatching a glimpse now and then of the shadow which turns the corner always a pace or two ahead of us.
Evelyn Waugh