Paul Scott

“The past becomes a texture, an ambience to our present.”

“We need to be able to go to school and feel safe and accepted for who we are.”

“Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.”

“English is the language of a people ho have probably earned their reputation for perfidy and hypocrisy because their language itself is so flexible, so often light-headed with with statements which appear to mean one thing one year and quite a different thing the next.”