Quotes by Anthony Powell

Anthony Powell

English novelist

Lived from: 1905 - 2000

Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 21 december 1905 Died: 28 march 2000

  • Parents are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfill the promise of their early years.
  • Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

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  • Books do furnish a room.
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  • Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on.
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  • Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
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  • Parents - especially step-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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  • 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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  • People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that.
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  • Self-love seems so often unrequited.
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What are the most famous quotes from Anthony Powell?

The two most famous quotes from Anthony Powell are:

  • "Books do furnish a room."
  • "Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on."

When did Anthony Powell live?

Anthony Powell was born in 1905 and died in the year 2000.