Quote by: Philip Larkin

Work is a kind of vacuum, an emptiness, where I just switch off everything except the scant intelligence necessary to keep me going. God, the people are awful - great carved monstrosities from the sponge-stone of secondratedness. Hideous.


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Author Bio


  • NamePhilip Larkin
  • DescriptionPoet, Novelist, Jazz critic, Librarian
  • BornAugust 9, 1922
  • DiedDecember 2, 1985
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionJournalist; Poet; Librarian; Novelist; Writer
  • AwardsCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Cholmondeley Award; Queen's Gold Medal For Poetry