Quotes by : Mervyn Peake

Oh how I hate people!

He saw in happiness the seeds of independence, and in independence the seeds of revolt.

Steerpike of the Many Problems,” said the Doctor. “What did you say they were? My memory is so very....

To live at all is miracle enough.

Each day we live is a glass roomUntil we break it with the thrustingOf the spirit and pass throughThe....

From daybreak to sunset she turned her thoughts, like boulders, over. She set them in long lines. She....

I want a big breakfast," said Fuchsia at last. "I want a lot to eat, I'm going to think today.

For death is life. It is only living that is lifeless.

If seeing her an hour before her lastWeak cough into all blackness I could yetBe held by chalk-white

But his mind saw nothing of all this. His mind was engaged in a warfare of the gods. His mind paced outwards....