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A busybody's work is never done. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#never #work

Brain power improves by brain use, just as our bodily strength grows with exercise. And there is no doubt that a large proportion of the female population, from school days to late middle age, now have very complicated lives indeed. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#bodily #brain #brain power #complicated #days

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#feels #oneself #shadow #tolstoy #whether

Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#death #fear #large #me #never

When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#atheist #been #ear #father #friends

Because the living environment is what really sustains us. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#environment #living #really #sustains #us

I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#deceiving #fear #i #i do #inordinate

I very much dislike the intolerance and moralism of many Christians, and feel more sympathy with Honest Doubters than with them. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#dislike #feel #honest #i #intolerance

I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#corner #dining #had #i #jane

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#elizabeth #elizabeth i #giving #had #her