Maxioms by Kingsley Amis
A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used read more
A dusty thudding in his head made the scene before him beat like a pulse. His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night and then as its mausoleum.
I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so read more
I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.
He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.
He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.
It is no wonder that people are so horrible when they start their life as children.
I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pâté than any other.
I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pâté than any other.
