Adam Nicolson Quotes

As the generation of leaves, so too is the generation of men. And as for leaves, the winds scatter some on the earth, But the new wood puts forth others, and spring comes again. So it is with men: as one generation is born, another dies.

Adam Nicolson

Quotes to Explore

I don't go to royal parties or play polo on horseback. No, I don't hang out with the posh crowd, if that makes sense.

Sam Claflin
- Play
- Sense
- Royal
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

F. H. Bradley
- True
- Man
- Silence
I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

Daniel Craig
- Shoulder
- Reconstruction
I didn't consciously make the decision to write an adult novel. I didn't think of it as my riposte to the YA genre.

Mal Peet
- Think
- Decision
- Write
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.

Ian Mcewan
- World
- Work
- Trying
I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.

Oliver Stone
- Life
- World
- Different