Quotes by : Ian McEwan

Where the human need for order meetsthe human tendency to mayhem, where civilization runs smack against....

Clive was losing sensation in his feet, and as he stamped them the rhythm gave him back the ten note....

The luxury of being half-asleep, exploring the fringes of psychosis in safety.

People sometimes forget how to be happy due to a "failure to grasp the simple truth that other people....

How quickly the dead faded into each other,

Both men accepted that the nature of the request, its intimacy and self-conscious reflection on their....

In some respect Journalism is like science, the best ideas were one that survived and strengthened by....

She bent her finger and straightened it. The mystery was in the instant before it moved, the dividing....

I've heard it argued that long ago pain begat consciousness...Adversity forced awareness on us, and it....

In difficult moments it’s sometimes a good idea to ask yourself what it is you most want to be doing....