“Delimitation is always difficult. The world is one, life is one. The sweetest and most heavenly of activities partake in some measure of violence - the act of love, for instance; music, for instance.”
Anthony Burgess“You can viddy that everything in this wicked world counts. You can pony that one thing always leads to another. Right right right.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“And now, talking of praying, I realise sadly that there will be little point in praying for you. You are passing now to a region where you will be beyond the reach of the power of prayer.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“The intention to act violently is accompanied by strong feelings of physical distress.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“Well, everything's a lesson, isn't it? Learning all the time, as you could say.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“What does God want? Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses the bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“And yet, in a sense, in choosing to be deprived of the ability to make an ethical choice, you have in a sense really chosen the good.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“The thrill of theft, of violence, the urge to live easy - is it worth it when we have undeniable proof, yes, yes, incontrovertible evidence that hell exists?”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“You got shook and shook till there was nothing left. You lost your name and your body and your self and you just didn't care.”
Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange“Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets.”
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