Martin Amis
England
Born on 25 Aug 1949
Writer
Born on 25 Aug 1949
Writer
Quotes
Rust is the failure of the work of man. The project, the venture, the experiment: failed, given up on, and not cleaned up after.
They did more than take our youth away. They also took away the men we were going to be.
When you’ve lost all your play, guess what love becomes. Work. Work that gets harder every hour.
When a man conclusively exalts one woman, and one woman only, 'above all others,' you can be pretty sure you are dealing with a misogynist. It frees him up for thinking the rest are shit.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays