| Zitate
von englischen Schriftstellern Simon  Beckett – Charles
Dickens – Alfred Edward
Housman – Mary de la Riviere
Manley –
Saki, aka Hector Hugh Munro |
| Simon Beckett * 1968 in Sheffield; britischer Journalist und Autor – Simon Beckett –
The Chemistry of Death |
| "Nothing like tragedy and fear to make a man of the cloth the
man of the moment" The Chemistry of Death [deutsch: Die Chemie des Todes] S. 135 Vergleiche dazu: "There are no atheists in foxholes", zitiert in
Jeffrey Eugenides: Middlesex –  Myth: There Are No Atheists in Foxholes |
| Charles Dickens 7.2.1812 Portsmouth – 9.6.1870 Gadshill Place (bei Rochester) |
| “It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of
foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it
was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of
hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing
before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the
other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that
some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or
for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.” Beginn des Romans Tale of Two Cities |
| Alfred Edward Housman 26. 3. 1859 Fockbury, Worcestershire, England – 30.4. 1936 Cambridge |
| Up,
lad: when the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep. Abschlußzeilen aus dem Gedicht "Reveille", das gesamte Gedicht auf Bartleby.com |
| Mary de la Riviere Manley 7.4. 1663 Jersey, Kanalinsel – 11.7.1724 London |
| "If she
had been a Man, she had been without Fault." The Adventures of Rivella [1714], S. 7 |
| Saki, eigentlich: Hector Hugh
Munro 18. Dezember 1870 – 13. November 1916 – Saki |
| “We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart.” The Unbearable Bassington, Kap. 13 (1912) |
© by Herbert Huber, Am Fröschlanger 15, 83512 Wasserburg, Germany, 1.3.2011