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Quotations By Cyril Connolly


City
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.

Emotion
A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual drives must be satisfied

Illusions
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

Writing
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. -- Cyril Connolly