Edward St. Aubyn (b. 1960)

A Clue to the Exit

London

Chatto & Windus

2000

"It's the medium-sized thoughts that jump ship in an emergency."

'Well, if I were dying ...' she said. 'I remember you when you were an undergraduate -- you were so interested in how the mind works. We expected great things of you and then you got sucked into that silly film world. Aren't you having any big thoughts at the moment?' 'Only big thoughts and very small ones. It's the medium-sized thoughts that jump ship in an emergency.'
(p. 7)

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Edward St. Aubyn, A Clue to the Exit (London: Chatto & Windus, 2000).

09/19/2015