129 quotes
An Egyptian priest....plays up the mystery of language to enhance his own power.
A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English (1992)
“You mean,” said ‘Che Ramli, “he is a member of the tribe of the prophet Lot.”
Beds in the East (1959)
He would milk the white man....The white man had more money than sense.
The Enemy in the Blanket (1958)
Lim Cheng Po, Anglican, Royalist, cricketer, respectable husband and father, allowed his animal reflexes out for an avenue walk on the lead.
Beds in the East (1959)
I decide that the East has definitely spoiled me for women.
The Enemy in the Blanket (1958)
Disgusting, ridiculous, when other people did it.
Devil of a State (1961)
'We're in control, and we have what we want!'
Beard's Roman Women (1976)
The Antipods…were always ready to burst.
Devil of a State (1961)
Him they would not harm, Englishmen being, though infidel, yet the race of past District Officers, judges, doctors, men perhaps, in their time, more helpful than otherwise, powerful but mild.
Beds in the East (1959)
"And now," Herod calmly said, "You can kill all the new-born....Kill them all....take your men and let your men take their swords. Make sure they're sharp. To Bethlehem. Hack. Lunge. Chop. Kill."
Man of Nazareth (1979)
'As for your circumcisions, the chief modin can arrange all. Your wine must return to the earth, whence the grape came. Haram.'
Napoleon Symphony (1974)
She sank again into the salty water...into the delicious warm brine-tasting depths of her grief.
Beds in the East (1959)
“…Just you bloody hypocrites with your four wives and your ten thousand houris in heaven?…”
Devil of a State (1961)
There is a profound middle-class nostalgia for the days of British protection....
Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 (1986)
Relief brought an aching desire to be sitting in a kedai with a large bottle of Tiger or Anchor or Carlsberg in front of him....
Time for a Tiger (1956)
With such exquisite women there is little need for aphrodisiacs....
Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 (1986)
‘…Your little feuilleton…recording…my crude nabob’s philistinism…’
The Right to an Answer (1960)
That night we visited various places where well-shaped and scented, though completely naked, Japanese girls came to sit on male knees.
The Right to an Answer (1960)
‘…you read mostly menus and the moles on whores’ bellies….’
Tremor of Intent (1966)
Penang is a paradise, and east coast Kelantan has beautiful Malay women who walk proudly ahead of their husbands and scorn Koranic purdah....
Homage to QWERT YUIOP: Selected Journalism 1978-1985 (1986)