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