Aldous Huxley
10 quotes
“Surtout point de zèle. ["Above all, no zeal"”
“Wordsworth in the Tropics”
“the Great Kings of Leinster,”
“Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. Part IV: America , Jesting Pilate: The Diary of a Journey ,”
“To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong. Part II: Malaya ,”
“Where are the Movies Moving?”
“I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. Those Barren Leaves”
“'There are quiet places also in the mind', he said meditatively. 'But we build bandstands and factories on them. Deliberately”
“Stupidity or reason? Oh, there was no choice now. It was imbecility every time. The Gioconda smile , in Mortal Coils”
“I suppose you imagined I was so insanely in love with you that I could commit any folly. When will you women understand that one isn't insanely in love? All one asks for is a quiet life, which you won't allow one to have. I don't know what the devil ever induced me to marry you. It was all a damned stupid, practical joke. And now you go about saying I'm a murderer. I won't stand it. The Gioconda smile , in Mortal Coils”