Gerald Brenan Quotes in Carrington (1995)

Dora Carrington: You must be Gerald Brenan.

Gerald Brenan: Miss Carrington.

Dora Carrington: Carrington.

Gerald Brenan: Rex, that is to say, Rafe, tells me you're a Bolshevik.

Dora Carrington: He tells me you're an idealist.

Gerald Brenan: I'm going to look for a house in Spain.

Lytton Strachey: Why?

Gerald Brenan: To educate myself.

Lytton Strachey: Unlikely reason.

Gerald Brenan: I'm too old to go to university now. I have to do something to repair my ignorance. I'm eloping with 2,000 books.

Lytton Strachey: Why Spain?

Gerald Brenan: Because its hot and cheap.

Lytton Strachey: True.

Gerald Brenan: And the women are beautiful.

Lytton Strachey: Sounds worse and worse.