“Pompous as only failures can be.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 82 (p. 959)
Titus Alone is a novel written by Mervyn Peake and first published in 1959. It is the third work in the Gormenghast trilogy. The other works are Titus Groan, and Gormenghast. With the trilogy, a fourth work, the novella Boy in Darkness, and a fifth, the fragment Titus Awakes, are often considered part of a larger "Gormenghast series". It was re-edited by Langdon Jones in 1970 using the original manuscript.
“Pompous as only failures can be.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 82 (p. 959)
““Let go of my arm, or I will scream for God.”
“He never helped you. Have you forgotten?””
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 56 (p. 910)
“He was as young as twenty years allowed, and as old as it could make him.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 5 (p. 815)
“Not so,” said Titus, “hell is overrated.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 42 (p. 881)
““I am a beggar.”
“You are a travesty,” said Titus, “and when you die the earth will breathe again.””
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 16 (p. 829)
““There’s something else, Mr. Muzzlehatch.”
“I’m sure there is. In fact there is everything else.””
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 47 (p. 893)
“Art should be artless, not heartless.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 24 (p. 845)
“Let him play,” whispered Cheeta. “Let him make believe that he’s alive again.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 105 (p. 1000)
“His mind fell asleep. His wits fell awake. His cock trembled like a harp-string.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 42 (p. 881)
“I like the way you talk, young man,” said Grass, “but I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 24 (p. 841)
“Let go of my arm, or I will scream for God.”
“He never helped you. Have you forgotten?”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 56 (p. 910)