# Jake's Thing

- Author: [Kingsley Amis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kingsley-amis.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/kingsley-amis/jakes-thing

## Quotes

> 'What's that stuff they put in ships to keep them from going all over the place?'
>
> 'What? Oh … ballast?'
>
> 'That's right. People's sex drives are like ballast, they keep them steady. It sounds wrong, but they do.'

p. 273 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kingsley-amis/jakes-thing/whats-that-stuff.md)

> If there's one word that sums up everything that's gone wrong since the War, it's Workshop. After Youth, that is.

p. 149 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/kingsley-amis/jakes-thing/if-theres-one.md)