"The Loved One" Quotes
"The Loved One" is a satirical novel that humorously critiques the American funeral industry and cultural attitudes toward death through the story of a British expatriate's experiences in Hollywood.
fiction | 127 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We're all mad, presumably.
The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are. With anyone over fifty you can be fairly confident what's been taught and what's been left out. But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into the depths of confusion you didn't know existed.
Ordinary people are born knowing the difference between good and evil. But in Hollywood, people aren't ordinary.
One can't cherish any romantic ideals about human nature, once one has spent the night in a movie-house.
There are two things that can never be sufficiently appreciated. The grace of God and the good health of a pretty woman.
The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
To be a failure as a child is the last taboo in our society. It is not human.
I wish I could write as well as you do. I am a writer, but I am not a good writer. I am not a good writer because I am not unhappy. I am a writer, but I am not a good writer because I am not unhappy. I am not unhappy because I have everything I want.
He was a man of few words, and he liked to keep them for his own use.
What a lot of things there are a man can do without.
