As a child, I thought I hated everybody, but when I grew up I realized it was just children I didn't like.
Philip LarkinOne of the quainter quirks of life is that we shall never know who dies on the dame day as we do ourselves.
Philip LarkinMan hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, and don't have any kids yourself.
Philip LarkinI'm terrified of the thought of time passing (or whatever is meant by that phrase) whether I 'do' anything or not. In a way I may believe, deep down, that doing nothing acts as a brake on 'time's - it doesn't of course. It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, when the time comes when it really doesn't matter if you've done anything or not.
Philip Larkin