Anthony Burgess Quote

A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motorshow—full of potential, but temporarily inactive.


A Mouthful of Air (1992)


A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motorshow—full of potential, but temporarily inactive.

A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motorshow—full of potential, but temporarily inactive.

A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motorshow—full of potential, but temporarily inactive.

A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motorshow—full of potential, but temporarily inactive.