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Quotes from The Russian Girl — Kingsley Amis

1922–1995 England

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Nobody, however learned, however wise, can stand in the way of regress.

The Russian Girl (1992)

As soon as originality became important, the days of artistic merit or excellence were numbered.

The Russian Girl (1992)

You don't crush literature from outside by killing writers or intimidating them or not letting them publish […]. You do better to induce them to destroy it themselves by inducing them to subordinate it to political purposes.

The Russian Girl (1992)

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