Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by J. G. Farrell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English novelist J. G. Farrell.

Last updated on December 24, 2024.

James Gordon Farrell was an English-born novelist of Irish descent. He gained prominence for a series of novels known as "the Empire Trilogy", which deal with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.

English - Novelist | January 25, 1935 - August 11, 1979

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But now the giant heads of Plato and Socrates, each with an expression of penetrating wisdom carved on his white features, surveyed the river and the melon beds beyond.

J. G. Farrell

A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized under a bush to God knows whom!

J. G. Farrell

Why on earth should we be at each other's throats? Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if defending honour itself? What could be easier to change than an idea?

J. G. Farrell

The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of administration might be reforms on the moon for all it has to do with them.

J. G. Farrell

Not everyone, the Collector was aware, is improved by the job he does in life; some people are visibly disimproved.

J. G. Farrell