My experience of ships is that on them one makes an interesting discovery about the world. One finds one can do without it completely. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
If God had been a liberal, we wouldn’t have had the Ten Commandments – we’d have the Ten Suggestions. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
I like the English. They have the most rigid code of immorality in the world. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Malcolm Bradbury Read Quote
