9 July: Mervyn Peake Quotes
On this date in 1911, Mervyn Peake, writer best known for the Gormenghast books was born. Some words of wisdom from him.
- For
love rang out before the chapel bell.
- Lingering
is so very lonely when one lingers all alone.
- To
live at all is miracle enough.
- I
want a lot to eat, I'm going to think today.
- Mount
and begone. The world awaits you.
- it
was only fear that held people together. The fear of being alone and
the fear of being different.
- Seeing
an Earl as an owl on a mantelpiece, and having part of one's face
removed by a cat, both on the same morning, can temporarily
undermine the self-control of any man.
- But
haven't all ambitious people something of the monstrous about them?
- I
am your boat! I am your crew Your rudder and your mast - Your
friend, I am your limpet too And your elastoplast.
- For
what is more lovable than failure?
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