7 Quotes by Kyril Bonfiglioli

I very carefully levered up an eyelid and shut it again fast. A merciless sunbeam had squirted straight in, making my brain bleed.

I never think of policemen's wives; their beauty maddens me like wine.

How sharper than a serpent’s tooth is an awakening without tea!

There’s nothing like gunfire to drive the glamour from words.

I never drink alcohol. I do not like to blunt my senses.’ ‘Goodness,’ I babbled, ’but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that you’re not going to feel any better all day.

My flight was announced by Donald Duck noises from a loudspeaker; I arose and shuffled off towards the statistical improbability of dying in an airplane crash. Personally, the thought of such a death appalls me little – what civilized man would not rather die like Icarus than be mangled to death on a Motorway by a Ford Popular?

I never think of policemen’s wives; their beauty maddens me like wine.