One forgets words as one forgets names.... by Evelyn Waugh | We Heart Quotes

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One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

- Evelyn Waugh

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Ideas

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.

- Evelyn Waugh

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist.

- Evelyn Waugh

Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.

- Evelyn Waugh

Bed Rest

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

- Evelyn Waugh

After all, damn it, what does being in love mean if you can't trust a person.

- Evelyn Waugh

Words

I put the words down and push them a bit.

- Evelyn Waugh

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