V. S. Pritchett — British Writer born on December 16, 1900, died on March 20, 1997

Sir Victor Sawdon Pritchett CH CBE, was a British writer and literary critic... (wikipedia)

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.
Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
In our family, as far as we are concerned, we were born and what happened before that is myth.