Perhaps the Most Appropriate Tribute to Gore Vidal Was Restricted to Quoting Him — See The Telegraph

© 2012 Peter Free

 

01 August 2012

 

 

Citation

 

Culture Section Staff, Gore Vidal: best quotes, The Telegraph (01 August 2012)

 

 

The Telegraph’s short list of Gore Vidal witticisms will put a smile on your face

 

Especially notable:

 

The United States was founded by the brightest people in the country - and we haven't seen them since.

 

One is sorry one could not have taken both branches of the road. But we were not allotted multiple selves.

 

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

 

(My dark, usually unspoken, side really appreciates that last one.)

 

The moral? — Remembering writers is probably best done in their words

 

That’s where the genius was.

 

For people wanting a more conventional remembrance, the Telegraph’s obituary for Mr. Vidal is here.