Winter of the world Quotes

“politicians often had the knack of seeming to know everyone intimately. Either they had remarkable memories, or their secretaries reminded them efficiently.”

“Why is it that those who want to destroy everything good about their country are the quickest to waive the national flag?”

“Most rich people have a gangster in their ancestry somewhere.”

“Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.”

“Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.”

“In the dynamics of the main family of the story, a rising socialist in England's postwar government expects his grandparents to be pleased that the local aristocrat's garden is commandeered to allow the people to get coal underneath. Instead, the grandparents grieve because the garden represents something more than a resource to be divided. It is a symbol of community and beauty.”