A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it al…

- William Sansom

A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment.

- William Sansom

A Status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

- William Sansom

London is a bad habit one hates to lose.

- William Sansom