"The Remains of the Day" Quotes
A butler reflects on his life and the choices he made while serving an English lord in the years leading up to World War II.
fiction | 234 pages | Published in 2009
Quotes
But that is the way of things, is it not?
Indeed — why should I not admit it? — in that moment, my heart was breaking.
It is sometimes said that butlers only truly exist in England. Other countries, whatever title is actually used, have only manservants.
You have to accept that sometimes that's how things happen in this world.
I suspect his lordship has no more idea than I do what he will do when he comes to the end of the pier.
Perhaps it is indeed time I began to look at this whole matter of bantering more enthusiastically.
It is never too late to change one's mind.
I am proud to say that I have been in the employ of the same gentlemen for over 30 years now.
I am well aware that I am not a perfect man.
The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.
