“I get a warm feeling among my books.”
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Author detail
Anthony Powell was born in London in 1905 and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He worked for a London publisher from 1927 to 1935. and as a film scriptwriter from 1935 to 1936. He has written reviews and literary columns for various newspapers and periodicals and was Literary Editor of Punch from 1952 to 1958. He was commissioned in the Welch Regiment in 1939 and subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Corps where he served as a liaison officer with the Allied Forces. His published works are: *Afternoon Men* (1931), *Venusberg* (1932), *From a View to a Death* (1933), *What's Become of Waring* (1939), *John Aubrey and His Friends* (1948). *Selections from John Aubrey* (1949), *A Question of Upbringing* (1951). *A Buyer's Market* (1952). *The Acceptance World* (1955), *At Lady Molly's* (James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1957), and *Casanova's Chinese Restaurant* (I960). The last five books form the first half of the *Music of Time* sequence. Anthony Powell married Lady Violet Pakenham in 1934 and they had two sons.
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“I get a warm feeling among my books.”
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“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.”
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“One hears about life all the time from different people with very different narrative gifts.”
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“Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.”
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“Did Chips mention when he and Priscilla are going to be married?’ asked Isobel. The question reminded me that Moreland, at least in a negative manner, had taken another decisive step. I thou...”
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“An exceedingly well-informed report,' said the General. 'You have given yourself the trouble to go into matters thoroughly, I see. That is one of the secrets of success in life.”
“For some reason, the sight of snow descending on fire always makes me think of the ancient world – legionaries in sheepskin warming themselves at a brazier: mountain altars where offerings g...”
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“Books do furnish a room.”
“Literature illuminates life only for those to whom books are a necessity.”
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“Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.”
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“Self-love seems so often unrequited.”
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“He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.”
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