Quote by Cyril Connolly
We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. - C

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. – Cyril Connolly

Other quotes by Cyril Connolly

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. – Cyril Connolly

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Family
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The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. – Cyril Connolly

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Fear
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We must select the Illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy. – Cyril Connolly

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Illusion
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Prison
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There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. – Jean Genet

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Prison

Anyone who has been to an English public school will always feel comparatively at home in prison. It is the people brought up in the gay intimacy of the slums who find prison so soul-destroying. – Evelyn Waugh

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Prison

I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesnt know where to die. – Antonio Gramsci

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Prison

A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door thats unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push. – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Prison

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It seemed almost impossible for him to rouse himself out of the delicious depths of his first sleep. – Rev. G. Despard, M.A., Trinity Church, Kilburn, “Peace in the Heart,” in The Sun

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Its the constant and determined effort that breaks down resistance, sweeps away all obstacles. – Claude M. Bristol

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