Cyril Connolly Quotes

Youth is a period of missed opportunities. - Cyril Connolly

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising. - Cyril Connolly

While thought exists, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. - Cyril Connolly

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types. - Cyril Connolly

When writers meet they are truculent, indifferent, or over-polite. Then comes the inevitable moment. A shows B that he has read something of B s. Will B show A? If not, then A hates B, if yes, then all is well. The only other way for writers to meet is to share a quick pee over a common lamp-post. - Cyril Connolly

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin. - Cyril Connolly

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

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving. - Cyril Connolly

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