Famous Peter Ackroyd Quotes

  • I am in the Pitte, but I have gone so deep that I can see the brightness of the Starres at Noon – Peter Ackroyd

    I am in the Pitte, but I have gone so deep that I can see the brightness of the Starres at Noon– Peter Ackroyd

  • The gateway to the underworld is seen as part antiquity and part theatre. Welcome to the lower depths. – Peter Ackroyd

    The gateway to the underworld is seen as part antiquity and part theatre. Welcome to the lower depths.– Peter Ackroyd

  • I am the scourge of God – Peter Ackroyd

    I am the scourge of God– Peter Ackroyd

  • What is the sweetness of flowers compared to the savour of dust and confinement? – Peter Ackroyd

    What is the sweetness of flowers compared to the savour of dust and confinement?– Peter Ackroyd

  • A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil – Peter Ackroyd

    A woman is a deep Ditch, said he, her House inclines to Death and her Paths unto the Devil– Peter Ackroyd

  • To be insular is to be independent. But it is also to be alone. – Peter Ackroyd

    To be insular is to be independent. But it is also to be alone.– Peter Ackroyd

  • I would have no need for the Memory Of Things past if those which were Present were more agreeable – Peter Ackroyd

    I would have no need for the Memory Of Things past if those which were Present were more agreeable– Peter Ackroyd

  • Women, of their nature, crave for liberty; they will not be ordered around like servants. – Peter Ackroyd

    Women, of their nature, crave for liberty; they will not be ordered around like servants.– Peter Ackroyd

  • One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one’s own bad lines. – Peter Ackroyd

    One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one’s own bad lines.– Peter Ackroyd

  • the great advantage of really contemporary fiction is that one finds oneself mirrored on every page – Peter Ackroyd

    the great advantage of really contemporary fiction is that one finds oneself mirrored on every page– Peter Ackroyd