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Peter Ackroyd Quotes

In ‘The Plato Papers’ I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there’s a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of ‘The Spectator Picture Quote #1

He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself Picture Quote #1

London is a labyrinth, half of stone and half of flesh Picture Quote #1

Is it possible to be nostalgic about old fears? Picture Quote #1

The best years are when you know what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

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Freud was just a novelist Picture Quote #1

Under the force of the imagination, nature itself is changed Picture Quote #1

I never read in bed, only in my study Picture Quote #1

Bigotry does not consort easily with free trade Picture Quote #1

Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else Picture Quote #1

People are much more interesting than people realise Picture Quote #1

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The world is a sea in which we all must surely drown Picture Quote #1

The endless chatter of this journey had wearied me Picture Quote #1

I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned Picture Quote #1

Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward Picture Quote #1

I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive Picture Quote #1

There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change Picture Quote #1

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And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever Picture Quote #1

No poet is ever completely lost. He has the secret of his childhood safe with him, like some secret cave in which he can kneel. And, when we read his poetry, we can join him there Picture Quote #1

He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose: for one moment he thought of climbing up its cracked and broken stone, and then from its summit screaming down at the silent city as a child might scream at a chained animal Picture Quote #1

The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience Picture Quote #1

Murderers will try to recall the sequence of events, they will remember exactly what they did just before and just after. But they can never remember the actual moment of killing. This is why they will always leave a clue Picture Quote #1

It is strange, is it not, how a person can adore one’s soul so much that they adore one’s body also? Picture Quote #1

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So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight Picture Quote #1

Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death Picture Quote #1

I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small Picture Quote #1

I don’t believe necessarily the past is in the past. It’s eternal, it’s all around us Picture Quote #1

I don’t in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I’m not Picture Quote #1

I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed Picture Quote #1

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In ‘The Plato Papers’ I wanted to get another perspective on the present moment by extrapolating into the distant future. So in that sense, there’s a definite similarity of purpose between a book set in the future and a book set in the past (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I enjoyed reading and learning at school, and at university I enjoyed extending my reading and learning. Once I left Cambridge, I went to Yale as a fellow. I spent two years there. After that, George Gale made me literary editor of ‘The Spectator (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) He had the satisfied countenance of a man who has never succeeded in boring himself (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) London is a labyrinth, half of stone and half of flesh (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Is it possible to be nostalgic about old fears? (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) The best years are when you know what you’re doing (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Freud was just a novelist (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Under the force of the imagination, nature itself is changed (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I never read in bed, only in my study (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Bigotry does not consort easily with free trade (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) People are much more interesting than people realise (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) The world is a sea in which we all must surely drown (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) The endless chatter of this journey had wearied me (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I believe that the gods themselves are frightened of the world which they have fashioned (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Only those with great ambitions know what great fears drive them forward (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) There is no humiliation worse than the consciousness of a wasted life. It stains the spirit, forestalls hope, and destroys any motive for action or change (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) And when I was young, did I ever tell you, I always wanted to get inside a book and never come out again? I loved reading so much I wanted to be a part of it, and there were some books I could have stayed in for ever (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) No poet is ever completely lost. He has the secret of his childhood safe with him, like some secret cave in which he can kneel. And, when we read his poetry, we can join him there (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose: for one moment he thought of climbing up its cracked and broken stone, and then from its summit screaming down at the silent city as a child might scream at a chained animal (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) The ordinary routines of life are never chronicled by the historian, but they make up almost the whole of experience (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Murderers will try to recall the sequence of events, they will remember exactly what they did just before and just after. But they can never remember the actual moment of killing. This is why they will always leave a clue (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) It is strange, is it not, how a person can adore one’s soul so much that they adore one’s body also? (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) So do we discover, in the world, that our worst fears are unfulfilled; yet we must fear, in order that we may feel delight (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) Every book for me is a chapter in the long book which will finally be closed on the day of my death (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I don’t believe necessarily the past is in the past. It’s eternal, it’s all around us (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I don’t in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I’m not (Peter Ackroyd Quotes) I saw a ghost once, about 20 years ago. It took the form of someone coming out of a sleeping body and sitting at the foot of the bed (Peter Ackroyd Quotes)

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