Anthony Powell

There is, after all, no pleasure like that given by a woman who really wants to see you. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#insightful #poignant #humor

One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#friendship

An exceedingly well-informed report,' said the General. 'You have given yourself the trouble to go into matters thoroughly, I see. That is one of the secrets of success in life. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#success #life

His mastery of the hard-luck story was of a kind never achieved by persons not wholly concentrated on themselves. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#wry #music

Well,' said Mrs. Erdleigh, speaking kindly, as if to a child who has proposed a game inevitably associated with the breakage of china, 'I know trouble will come of it if we do. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#music

Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#imagination #writing #imagination

Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #fulfill #parents

Parents - especially step-parents - are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#children #disappointment #early #especially #fulfill

Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#committed #crime #growing #haven #increasingly

He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#faithful #fell #first #himself #love