Anthony Burgess Quotes



Best 10 A Clockwork Orange Quotes by Anthony Burgess

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“A human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange.”

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“A work of art is somehow organic, and to slash a painting or smash a statue is not just an offence against property: it is an offence against life.”

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“Does God want goodness or the choice of goodness? Is a man who chooses to be bad perhaps in some way better than a man who has the good imposed upon him?”

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“Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate.”

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“Goodness comes from within. Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.”

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“I am everyone?s friend. Except to my enemies.”

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“The essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.”

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“When we're healthy we respond to the presence of the hateful with fear and nausea.”

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“Writers are rarely their own best critics, nor are critics.”

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“You were not put on this earth just to get in touch with God.”

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