27 Quotes by J. P. Donleavy

Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your neighbors and colleagues, and to help prevent divorces thanks to the sheer bother of arguing over who owns what.

Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.

And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust of desertion. Still falling where last I loved.

I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

If you’re going to love somebody, love somebody who needs it.

The best book of the year, Grobel’s writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston’s great films.

Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.

I’m all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.