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Quotes from Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions — Martin Amis

1949–2023 England

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Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.

Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions (1993)

Not greatly gifted, not deeply beautiful, Madonna tells America that fame comes from wanting it badly enough. And everyone is terribly good at badly wanting things.

Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions (1993)

It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford.

Visiting Mrs. Nabokov and Other Excursions (1993)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Martin Amis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.