Kingsley Amis

Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#consciousness

Death has this much to be said for it: You don't have to get out of bed for it. Wherever you happen to be They bring it to you—free. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#death

Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#inspiration #inspirational

Yevgeny Yevtushenko: 'You atheist?' "Kingsley Amis: 'Well, yes, but it's more that I hate him. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#god #misotheism #religion #religion

When the bishop farted we were amused to hear about it. Should the ploughboy find treasure we must be told. But when the ploughboy farts... er... keep it to yourself. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#humour #humor

It's never pleasant to have one's unquestioning beliefs put in their historical context, as I know from experience, I can assure you. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#superstition #traditions-history #experience

education is one thing and instruction, however worthy, necessary and incidentally or monetarily educative, another. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#education

His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#creature #had #his #mouth #night

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was Catholic. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#catholic #chiefly #church #currently #did

It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children. ↗

— Kingsley Amis

#horrible #life #people #start #their