Cyril Connolly Quotes

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

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

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other`s dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him