Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. – 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

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. – 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
Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph — green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree. – Cyril Connolly
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. – Cyril Connolly