Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the...
Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.
We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.