There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.
Beryl Bainbridge – The Bottle Factory Outing
Dull Unanimity
D
Memory’s Diary
M
Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.
Beryl Bainbridge – The Bottle Factory Outing
The Unlived Life
T
One’s real life is often the life that one does not lead.
Beryl Bainbridge – The Bottle Factory Outing
Pursuit of Happiness
P
Happiness is a direction, not a place.
Beryl Bainbridge – The Bottle Factory Outing
Poverty’s Harsh Reality
P
There is no fineness in poverty with nothing noble about it at all.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Character Determines Fate
C
A man’s character is his fate.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Suppressing Consequences
S
Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Importance of Being
I
What you’re like is just as important as what you do, if not more so.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Life’s Recovery Journey
L
You can spend the entire second half of your life recovering from the mistakes of the first half.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March
Cure Evils Wisely
C
All a man’s affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
Saul Bellow – The Adventures of Augie March