As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith
Terry EagletonIt is silly to call fat people "gravitationally challenged", a self-righteous fetishism of language which is no more than a symptom of political frustration.
Terry EagletonLiterature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech.
Terry EagletonThere is an insuperable problem about introducing immigrants to British values. There are no British values. Nor are there any Serbian or Peruvian values. No nation has a monopoly on fairness and decency, justice and humanity.
Terry EagletonVirtue is something you have to get good at, like playing the trombone or tolerating bores at parties. Being a virtuous human being takes practice; and those who are brilliant at being human (what Christians call the saints) are the virtuosi of the moral sphere - the Pavarottis and Maradonas of virtue.
Terry Eagleton