The important thing is to get yourself born. You're entitled to that. But you're not entitled to life. Because if you were entitled to life, then the life would have to be quantified. How many years? Seventy? Sixty? Shakespeare was dead at fifty-two. Keats was dead at twenty-six. Thomas Chatterton at seventeen.


The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby's End (1974)

Anthony Burgess Quotes

The important thing is to get yourself born. You're entitled to that. But you're not entitled to life. Because if you were entitled to life, then the ...

The important thing is to get yourself born. You're entitled to that. But you're not entitled to life. Because if you were entitled to life, then the ...

The important thing is to get yourself born. You're entitled to that. But you're not entitled to life. Because if you were entitled to life, then the ...

The important thing is to get yourself born. You're entitled to that. But you're not entitled to life. Because if you were entitled to life, then the ...