# Quote — Edward St Aubyn, Some Hope

> In the eight years since his father’s death, Patrick’s youth had slipped away without being replaced by any signs of maturity, unless the tendency for sadness and exhaustion to eclipse hatred and insanity could be called ‘mature’.

- Author: [Edward St Aubyn](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn.md)
- Book: [Some Hope](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/some-hope.md)
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## More from this book

> ‘Look at her,’ said Patrick, ‘pacing around the cage of her Valentino dress, longing to be released into her natural habitat.’

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/some-hope/look-at-her.md)

> Mind you, I don’t know why people get so fixated on happiness, which always eludes them, when there are so many other invigorating experiences available, like rage, jealousy, disgust, and so forth.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/some-hope/mind-you-i-dont.md)

> Johnny stopped and leaned over, partly from curiosity, but also to disguise the fact that his sexual efforts could not compete with the mention of such a large sum of money.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edward-st-aubyn/some-hope/johnny-stopped-and.md)