Gilbert Adair Quotes:
Ocupation: Novelist
Life: December 29, 1944 - December 8, 2011
Birthday: December 29
Death: December 8
There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire that puts a cat to sleep. So is it with self-love. The member that once seemed one of the wonders of the world soon becomes as homely as an old slipper. Mathew and himself gradually ceased to excite each other.
source: Gilbert Adair (2014). “The Dreamers”, p.13, Faber & Faber
topic: Sleep, Cat, Fire, Wonder Of The World
