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[pjthompson]

Random quote of the day:

“I like novels to be about my betters, in body, wit, energy, breeding, or bank balance.”

—W. H. Auden, quoted in “Notable and Quotable: W. H. Auden,” Merriam-Webster Newsletter, February 2007

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

Mirrored from Better Than Dead.

Comments

[marycatelli]

Aristotle observed long ago that we like characters to be as good as we are or a little better -- "good" embracing considerably more than the moral side of things.

[pjthompson.livejournal.com]

That feels about right. :-)

[handworn.livejournal.com]

I like that quote. Certainly most people want their entertainment to be about their betters in wit and body, and maybe the others too.