She felt about reading a book as she did about the theatre: that it was an indulgence.
Alan Bennett – The Uncommon Reader
Indulgent Reading
I
Untidy Reading
U
Reading is untidy, discursive and perpetually inviting.
Alan Bennett – The Uncommon Reader
English Spirituality
E
The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Essence of London
E
London is a labyrinth, half of stone and half of flesh.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Tea Culture
E
In England, everything stops for tea.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Countryside Beauty
E
The beauty of the English countryside is like a quiet old melody.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
English Gentleman
E
A gentleman in England would seem to be a combination of benevolence and alcohol.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Village Scandal
V
There is nothing that moves so quickly as scandal in a small village.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Measure of Civilization
M
The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England
Humor and Language
H
Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.
AG Macdonell – England, Their England