Cyril Connolly

Quotes by Cyril Connolly

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Writer · English · 1903–1974

English writer (1903–1974)

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“A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds settle there, and soon birds have made a nest and are feeding t...”
— Cyril Connolly

“Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learnt to walk.”
— Cyril Connolly

“No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.”
— Cyril Connolly

“Everything is a dangerous drug to me except reality, which is unendurable.”
— Cyril Connolly