P. H. Newby

Percy Howard Newby CBE (25 June 1918 – 6 September 1997) was an English novelist and broadcasting administrator. He was the first winner of the Booker Prize in 1969.

Quotes

Something to Answer For (1968)

• I am from Israel.i am a journalist.i've been in the states on a trip .
  • Chapter one

• In March 1942 I was living in Budapest with my father and my uncle. Now we listened to B.B.C. of course why did your government not warn us about going on those trains?
  • Chapter one

• When ever I see an Englishman I ask him this question.Never is there a good answer.i have vowed to put this question to every Englishman. It is what I owe to the dead
  • Chapter one

• If the Allies had agreed to exchange Lorries millions of Jews would still be alive . I know this. I was in the Resistance. I was in touch with G.H.Q. middle east Cairo.
  • Chapter one

• In the U.K. you trusted people. In the main you took it for granted people acted decently. You made an assumption about the man who sat next to you on the Tube. You didn’t know for sure. You just assumed. Well, if you didn’t make assumptions like that how could you trust in the government? Townrow wanted to tell Mrsk K that trust in big things started with personal relations
  • [ Townrow to Mrs K]

• You stopped me from doing something that shouldn’t be done. Well, you’ve got to make a start, haven’t you? I mean you’ve got to start with yourself. That’s all you know about. So you’ve got to start patiently putting one foot right and another foot right. That’s what I’m thanking you for.
  • [ Townrow to Leah]