Malcolm Lowry
Malcolm Lowry
Clarence Malcolm Lowrywas an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 July 1909
sometimes
I like prefaces. I read them. Sometimes I do not read any further.
men weakness helping
What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who are unable to help themselves and then to fasten some moral superscription upon it. This I loathe so much that I cannot conceivably explain how much it is.
couple beer civilization
Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.
house shadow needs
Adiós," she added in Spanish, "I have no house only a shadow. But whenever you are in need of a shadow, my shadow is yours." "Thank you." "Sank you." "Not sank you, Señora Gregorio, thank you." "Sank you.
horse heart opportunity
The Consul felt a pang. Ah, to have a horse, and gallop away, singing, to someone you loved perhaps, into the heart of all the simplicity and peace in the world; was that not like the opportunity afforded man by life itself? Of course not. Still, just for a moment, it had seemed that it was.
men doe cry
Only against death does man cry out in vain.
two mute forts
For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking forts.
moon worry anxiety
Fear ringed by doubt is my eternal moon.
stupid responsibility men
To say nothing of what you lose, lose, lose, are losing, man. You fool, you stupid fool ... You've even been insulated from the responsibility of genuine suffering ... Even the suffering you do endure is largely unnecessary. Actually spurious. It lacks the very basis you require of it for its tragic nature. You deceive yourself.
men soul littles
What is man but a little soul holding up a corpse?
drink chickens indian
How, unless you drink as I do, could you hope to understand the beauty of an old Indian woman playing dominoes with a chicken?
dog muzzle ends
Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.