Allan MassieIt is one of the many merits of this admirable biography of Proust's mother that it invites one to return to the novel with perhaps a fuller understanding of Proust's heredity, hi… ▶371HumanityLifeReading
Allan MassieWe are responsible for actions performed in response to circumstances for which we are not responsible. ✨ Allan Massie (2010). A Question Of Loyalties, p.238, Canongate Book… ▶289Reading
Allan MassieAll a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them to be.163Humanity
Allan MassieDo you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilized folk to despise war. ✨ Allan Massie (2010). A Question Of Loyalties, p.30, Canong… ▶156DeathReading
Allan MassieBlunders are an inescapable feature of war, because choice in military affairs lies generally between the bad and the worse. ✨ Allan Massie (2010). A Question Of Loyalties, … ▶158Reading
