Simon Raven Professions : Novelist Born : December 28, 1927 Died : May 12, 2001 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Simon Raven Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better. Simon Raven life-is-short world travel ... life is short and the world is wide Simon Raven life-is-short world travel Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. Simon Raven notes boring book ...dusk is the time when men whisper of matters about which they remain silent in the full light of the sun. Simon Raven light matter men Art for art's sake, money for God's sake. Simon Raven money sake art And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its full and rich resources, had trained me with skill and patience, and had shown me nothing but forbearance and charity when I failed in trust. Simon Raven trust skills patience Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. Simon Raven bed said attitude Christ asked for everything he got. Simon Raven christ I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do. Simon Raven institutions army Gentlemen can now only behave as such, or be tolerated as such, in circumstances that are manifestly contrived or unreal. Simon Raven behave gentleman circumstances How can I go on with this? Please God, let me win a football pool. Simon Raven win me god football I wanted to look at the upper-middle-class scene since the war, and in particular my generation's part in it. We had spent our early years as privileged members of a privileged class. How were we faring in the Age of the Common Man? How ought we to be faring? Simon Raven look man age war Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
