Connolly, Cyril

"Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signalling to be let out."

"Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium."

"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you."

"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

"We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy."

"The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post."

"Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising." - Enemies of Promise

"All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others." - Enemies of Promise

"Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once." - Enemies of Promise

"The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave." - quoted in Turnstile One

"Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable." - The Unquiet Grave

"Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils." - The Unquiet Grave

"We are all serving a life-sentence in the dungeon of self." - The Unquiet Grave

"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say." - The Unquiet Grave