Anthony Powell
Anthony Powell
Anthony Dymoke Powell CH CBEwas an English novelist best known for his twelve-volume work A Dance to the Music of Time, published between 1951 and 1975...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 December 1905
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british-novelist fell himself love remained seems
He fell in love with himself at first sight, and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful. Self-love seems so often unrequited.
british-novelist
Growing old's like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
forget
We will never forget what he did for us.
dinner dramatic farce food possessed tragedy wine
Dinner at the Huntercombes possessed only two dramatic features: the wine was a farce and the food a tragedy
almost apart felt mystic quite reflection relief shape strategic suddenly sure took within
An immediate, overpowering, almost mystic sense of relief took shape within me. I felt suddenly sure everything was going to be all right. This was something quite apart from even the most cursory reflection upon strategic implications involved.
faith god speaks worked
It's more about faith and how God speaks to you and how it happens. I don't think I've worked on a play with such an even keel.