“I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
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Quotes from bookA Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities intent on reforming him. The book is partially written in a Russian-influenced argot called "Nadsat", which takes its name from the Russian suffix that is equivalent to '-teen' in English. According to Burgess, it was a jeu d'esprit written in just three weeks.In 2005, A Clockwork Orange was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923, and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. The original manuscript of the book has been located at McMaster University's William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada since the institution purchased the documents in 1971.
“It is as inhuman to be totally good as it is to be totally evil.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
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“We can destroy what we have written, but we cannot unwrite it.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
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“What I do I do because I like to do.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Variant: But what I do I do because I like to do.
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“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
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Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Variant: The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.
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“This must be a real horrorshow film if you're so keen on my viddying it.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
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“Power power, everybody like wants power”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
Variant: Power, power, everybody like wants power
“To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.”
Anthony Burgess book A Clockwork Orange
Variant: To devastate is easier and more spectacular than to create.
Source: A Clockwork Orange
