“My Life So Far” quotes

“What's really great about learning the manly art of fishing is that it gives you loads of time to think about what you read in the secret library. And the books give you loads of things to think about while you're fishing.”
Robert Norman - Fraser

“I found an article about a thing called prostitution. I read it three times. It's one of the most interesting things I've ever come across.”
Robert Norman - Fraser

If you ask him why he hates jazz, he says things like "Jazz is the sound of the Devil, sniggering at our folly". So you end up not knowing anything... except now I know for sure the Devil doesn't lurk in our attic.

Robert Norman - Fraser

It's dad's fault if I'm ignorant, because he never tells me about anything useful. If you ask him why Beethoven is so wonderful, he says stuff like "Beethoven is the sound of God, talking in his sleep".
Robert Norman - Fraser

“Our house is probably too big, which is why my mum kept having babies so we can keep it filled up.”
Robert Norman - Fraser

“The next time you hear music in a dream, as soon as you're waking up you must run down to the loch with me and have a cold plunge.”

Colin Firth - Edward

"Dearest Samuel, forbidden fruit is always the sweetest. I have many things I would like to teach you, if only we can find the opportunity. The very thought arouses me to lubricious ecstasies". Probably a golfing friend.

Robert Norman - Fraser

“When I was very little, the thing I hated most in all the world was resting. Resting was really just a kind of torture invented for people like me and my sister Brenda.”
Robert Norman - Fraser

“It was during the Great War that we first started mining moss. It was used for putting on soldiers' wounds, because it was ten times more absorbent than cotton wool. So when they were horribly wounded, it was our moss that soaked up their blood and guts and everything.”
Robert Norman - Fraser