'I could believe in hell, but it was impossible for me to believe in the existence of heaven.''I could believe in hell, but it was impossible for me to believe in the existence of heaven.'...more
'Impartially, shrewdly, I considered suicide, though not in my worst moments. The bottle of pills. The note: 'No hard feelings, everyone, but I've tho'Impartially, shrewdly, I considered suicide, though not in my worst moments. The bottle of pills. The note: 'No hard feelings, everyone, but I've thought about it and it's just not on, is it? It's nearly on, but not quite. No? Anyway, all the best, C.'
'Fictions could be as powerful as histories, revealing the new people to themselves, allowing them to understand their own natures and the natures of 'Fictions could be as powerful as histories, revealing the new people to themselves, allowing them to understand their own natures and the natures of those around them, and making them real.'
'We pretend a lot of things aren't there. Or we pretend that other things are more important. That's how we survive.''We pretend a lot of things aren't there. Or we pretend that other things are more important. That's how we survive.'...more
'I hear there are people who actually enjoy moving. Sounds like a disease to me - they must be unstable. Though it does have it’s poetry, I’ll allow t'I hear there are people who actually enjoy moving. Sounds like a disease to me - they must be unstable. Though it does have it’s poetry, I’ll allow that. When an old dwelling starts looking desolate, a mixture of regret and anxiety comes over us and we feel like we are leaving a safe harbor for the rolling sea. As for the new place, it looks on us with alien eyes, it has nothing to say to us, it is cold.'
'Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that s'Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.'...more
‘I think our time is up. I know. Hold my hand. Hold your hand? Yes. I want you to. All right. Why? Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting ‘I think our time is up. I know. Hold my hand. Hold your hand? Yes. I want you to. All right. Why? Because that’s what people do when they’re waiting for the end of something.’...more
'Saoirse couldn’t quite follow her grandmother’s words. They felt like a stream of sparkling water that the sun was shining on so fiercely that you co'Saoirse couldn’t quite follow her grandmother’s words. They felt like a stream of sparkling water that the sun was shining on so fiercely that you couldn’t quite see the stream itself but just the light off it, blazing up from the earth and into your eyes, like the stream that ran down from the hills and through the village and into the callaghs where it met the lake. A stream of sadness, she thought, and she was happy with the words, thinking that she should write them down somewhere.'
'The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.''The best arguments in the world won't change a person's mind. The only thing that can do that is a good story.'...more
'There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people'There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people.'
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