Edward St. Aubyn

“No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.”

“The measure of a work of art is how much art it has in it, not how much ‘relevance’. Relevant to whom? Relevant to what? Nothing is more ephemeral than a hot topic.”

“People never remember happiness with the care that they lavish on preserving every detail of their suffering.”

“Everything was usual. That was depression: being stuck, clinging to an out-of-date version of oneself.”

“There seemed to be no one in a position of power, from the Vatican to Wall Street, from Parliament to Scotland Yard to Fleet Street, who could think of anything better to do than abuse it....”