Your attitude measures up to the two requirements of love. … - Kingsley Amis

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Your attitude measures up to the two requirements of love. You want to go to bed with her and can't, and you don't know her very well. Ignorance of the other person topped up with deprivation, Jim. You fit the formula all right, and what's more you want to go on fitting it.

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Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, teacher, and father of novelist Martin Amis.

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Birth Name: Kingsley William Amis

Alternative Names: Sir Kingsley William Amis • Robert Markham

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