Paul Bowles Quotes

United States, Composer
December 30, 1910 – November, 18, 1999.

Paul Frederic Bowles (/boʊlz/; December 30, 1910 – November 18, 1999) was an American expatriate composer, author, and translator. He became associated with Tangier, where he settled in 1947 and lived for 52 years to the end of his life.

Also known as Author, Translator

Dr Slade went in to lunch in a state of desperate boredom tempered with resentment; it had shaken him a little to see how bad luck could be prolonged to such unlikely lengths.

Paul Bowles
- Bad
- Luck
For God's sake, sit down. You look like a Calvinist rector telling his flock about Hell.

Paul Bowles
- God

A black star appears, a point of darkness in the night sky's clarity. Point of darkness and gateway to repose. Reach out, pierce the fine fabric of the sheltering sky, take repose.

Paul Bowles
- Night
- Black
- Star
For in order to avoid having to deal with relative values, he had long since come to deny all purpose to the phenomenon of existence - it was more expedient and comforting.

Paul Bowles
- Long
- Purpose
- Comforting
p. 148

Paul Bowles
Many days later another caravan was passing and a man saw something on top of the highest dune there. And when they went up to see, they found Outka, Mimouna and Aicha; they were still there, lying the same way as when they had gone to sleep. And all three of the glasses... were full of sand. That was how they had their tea in the Sahara.

Paul Bowles
- Up
- Sleep
- Tea
No one can ever heap enough insults upon me to suit my taste. I think we all really thrive on hostility, because it's the most intense kind of massage the ego can undergo. Other people's indifference is the only horror.

Paul Bowles
- People
- Ego
Every second, ten stars set behind the black water in the west.

Paul Bowles
- Black
- Water

Africa was a big place and would offer its own suggestions

Paul Bowles
'We're all monsters,' said Daisy with enthusiasm. 'It's the Age of Monsters.'

Paul Bowles
- Age