Laurence Sterne Quotes

“Now there is nothing in this world I abominate worse, than to be interrupted in a story...”
― Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

“There are authors who intigue me because of all I have heard and read about them, because their lives interest me, yet I cannot read their works. Stendhal is one, and the author of Tristram Shandy another. But perhaps the superb example in this respect is the Marquis de Sade.”
― Henry Miller, The Books in My Life

“De câte ori cineva vorbeşte cu tărie împotriva religiei poate fi suspectat că nu o face din raţiune, ci dintr-o pasiune din care şi-a făcut un crez.”
― Laurence Sterne

“Harriet, to hide her excitement, had turned to the bookshelves in the corner between the windows and the fireplace. The books, untidily arranged, some standing, some piled on their sides, with newspapers and magazines wedged among them, confused her. There were no sets and a great many were paper-backed. She saw friends - Mr. Dickens was present — and nodding acquaintances - Laurence Sterne, for instance, and Theodore Dreiser — but they were among strangers: Henry Miller, Norman Douglas, Saki, Ronald Firbank, strangers all.”
― Jack Iams, Table For Four