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Stephen Fry

It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine.

Stephen Fry

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An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.

Stephen Fry

genius stephen fry

Certainly the most destructive vice if you like, that a person can have. More than pride, which is supposedly the number one of the cardinal sins - is self pity.

Stephen Fry

genius stephen fry

You are who you are when nobody's watching.

Stephen Fry

genius stephen fry

It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.

Stephen Fry

genius stephen fry

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

Stephen Fry

genius stephen fry

If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.

Stephen Fry