Too many people in the modern world view poetry as a luxury, not a necessity like petrol. But to me it's the oil of life.
John BetjemanChildhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
John BetjemanLovers of Norfolk churches can never agree which is the best and I think one is either a Salle or a Cawston man.
John BetjemanHistory must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.
John BetjemanWhat the Londoner sees in his mind's eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy sunset, and the great arc of Barlow's train shed gaping to devour incoming engines, and the sudden burst of exuberant Gothic of the hotel seen from gloomy Judd Street.
John Betjeman