The Fall have moved with their times but have sounded, as Peel once suggested, ‘always different, always the same’.
“Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.”
― Survivor
― Survivor
“After a pause the doctor sat up a little and asked if Tarrou had any idea of the road that one should follow to arrive at peace. ‘Yes, sympathy.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
“It seems telling of the respective fortunes of the two nations that while six of Germany’s squad went on to win the World Cup, seven of the England squad they beat in the final went on to play for Sunderland.”
― Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina
― Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina
“As with most people who are well raised, well educated, and financially secure, Dr. Tokai only thought of himself.”
― Men Without Women: Stories
― Men Without Women: Stories
“The number of pedestrians rose and, at slack times, many people, who had been reduced to inactivity by the closing of shops and some offices, filled the streets and cafés. For the time being they were not yet unemployed, just on leave. This meant that, for example, at three in the afternoon on a sunny day Oran gave the deceptive impression of a town on holiday, in which the traffic had been halted and the shops closed to allow a public demonstration to march past, and the inhabitants had poured out into the streets to take part in the celebrations.”
― The Plague
― The Plague
Sean’s 2025 Year in Books
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