Gerald Brenan
Gerald Brenan
Edward FitzGerald "Gerald" Brenan, CBE was a British writer and Hispanist who spent much of his life in Spain...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
boredom bores oneself
Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.
english-writer talker whom
Miller is not really a writer but a non-stop talker to whom someone has given a typewriter.
age death middle sudden wars
Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.
english-writer means
Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.
arms cannot english-writer fall holding love offensive wish
If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.