J. G. Farrell Quotes

United Kingdom, Novelist
January 25, 1935 – August, 11, 1979.

James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979) was an English-born novelist of Irish descent who spent much of his adult life in Ireland. He gained prominence for a series of novels known as "the Empire Trilogy" (Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip), which deal with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.

A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized under a bush to God knows whom!

J. G. Farrell
- Great
- God
- She
Why on earth should we be at each other's throats? Why do people insist on defending their ideas and opinions with such ferocity, as if defending honour itself? What could be easier to change than an idea?

J. G. Farrell
- People
- Why
- Earth

But now the giant heads of Plato and Socrates, each with an expression of penetrating wisdom carved on his white features, surveyed the river and the melon beds beyond.

J. G. Farrell
- Wisdom
- River
- Plato
The Magistrate suffered from the disability of a free-thinking turn of mind and from a life that was barren and dreary to match.

J. G. Farrell
- Life
- Thinking
- Mind
Not everyone, the Collector was aware, is improved by the job he does in life; some people are visibly disimproved.

J. G. Farrell
- People
- Life
- Job
The British could leave and half India wouldn't notice us leaving just as they didn't notice us arriving. All our reforms of administration might be reforms on the moon for all it has to do with them.

J. G. Farrell
- Moon
- Leaving