Cyril Connolly Quote

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.


Enemies of Promise (1938)


As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.