Kingsley Amis

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

There was no end to the ways in which nice things are nicer than nasty ones.

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.

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.

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.

He resolved, having done it once, never to move his eyeballs again.