Evelyn Waugh

I had been there before; I knew all about it. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#nostalgia

it's a great thing in life to have a place you can't be moved from - too few of them ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#life

Have you at any time been detained in a mental home or similar institution? If so, give particulars.' 'I was at Scone College, Oxford, for two years,' said Paul. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#oxford #home

Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it? ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#family #julia #family

So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#irony #lovers #minimalism #homosexuality

It is easy, retrospectively, to endow one's youth with a false precocity or a false innocence; to tamper with the dates marking one's stature on the edge of the door. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#dating

If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#architecture

What is a "canty day", Dennis?' 'I've never troubled to ask. Something like hogmanay, I expect.' 'What is that?' 'People being sick on the pavement in Glasgow.' 'Oh. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#love

Not for her the cruel, delicate luxury of choice, the indolent, cat-and-mouse pastimes of the hearth-rug. No Penelope she; she must hunt in the forest. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#marriage #marriage

Where do you lurk? I shall come down your burrow and ch-chivvy you out like an old st-t-toat. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#friendship