Logan Pearsall Smith

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.

If you are losing your leisure, look out; you may be losing your soul.

I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.