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Internally, in itself, madness is an artistic desert. Nothing of any general interest can be said about it. Like sex. But the effects it has on the world outside it can be very interesting indeed. It has no other valid literary use.

— Kingsley Amis Stanley and the Women (1984)

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Nothing divided people more deeply than how they felt about cats.

Difficulties with Girls (1988)

It isn't class differences that keep people apart, it's thinking they bloody matter.

The Biographer's Moustache (1995)

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

The Russian Girl (1992)

The rewards for being sane are not very many but knowing what's funny is one of them.

Stanley and the Women (1984)

Man's love is of man's life a thing apart;
Girls aren't like that.

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