Martin Amis quotes - page 8

It kept astonishing him - how weak the prohibitions always turned to be, and how ready everyone was to claim the new ground, every inch of it. An automatic annexation. What was called, in children, self-extension, as they stockpiled each dawning power and freedom, without gratitude, without thought. And now: where were the hinderers, the wet blankets, where were the miseries, where were the police? (Martin Amis)
It was already obvious that every hard and demanding adaptation would be falling to the girls. Not to the boys - who were all like that anyway. The boys could just go on being boys. It was the girls who had to choose. View quote
Martin Amis

Martin Amis

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Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: British Author
Born: August 25, 1949
Died: May 19, 2023
Quotes count: 177
Wikipedia: Martin Amis

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