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Sebastian Barry Quotes

Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one Picture Quote #1

Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog Picture Quote #1

There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship Picture Quote #1

I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can’t be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins Picture Quote #1

It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood Picture Quote #1

I thought if I was going to live a life in this land I was accidentally born on, I must people it; I must have a history... I’m looking for these people inside me, wherever they may be; that is my form of research Picture Quote #1

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It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark Picture Quote #1

The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea Picture Quote #1

A beard on a man is only a way of hiding something, his face of course, but also the inner matters, like a hedge around a secret garden, or a cover over a bird cage Picture Quote #1

The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say. He forgot to say, with every death it ends. Or did not think he needed to. Because for a goodly part of his life he worked in a graveyard Picture Quote #1

I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag Picture Quote #1

I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn’t help it Picture Quote #1

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It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can Picture Quote #1

Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy Picture Quote #1

And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth Picture Quote #1

That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body Picture Quote #1

For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity Picture Quote #1

After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it Picture Quote #1

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Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one (Sebastian Barry Quotes) Tears have a better character cried alone. Pity can sometimes be more wolf than dog (Sebastian Barry Quotes) There is seldom a difficulty with religion where there is friendship (Sebastian Barry Quotes) I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can’t be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins (Sebastian Barry Quotes) It had been a war of kingly poisons, in the air, in the memory, in the blood (Sebastian Barry Quotes) I thought if I was going to live a life in this land I was accidentally born on, I must people it; I must have a history... I’m looking for these people inside me, wherever they may be; that is my form of research (Sebastian Barry Quotes) It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark (Sebastian Barry Quotes) The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That is what brings us so full of longing to the sea (Sebastian Barry Quotes) A beard on a man is only a way of hiding something, his face of course, but also the inner matters, like a hedge around a secret garden, or a cover over a bird cage (Sebastian Barry Quotes) The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say. He forgot to say, with every death it ends. Or did not think he needed to. Because for a goodly part of his life he worked in a graveyard (Sebastian Barry Quotes) I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, still happening. The past, the present, and the future, in the noggin eternally, like brushes, combs and ribbons in a handbag (Sebastian Barry Quotes) I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towards sudden grief, or perhaps also sometimes repels. You move away. I moved towards it, I couldn’t help it (Sebastian Barry Quotes) It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can (Sebastian Barry Quotes) Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy (Sebastian Barry Quotes) And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth (Sebastian Barry Quotes) That is because at the close of the day the ship we sail in is the soul, not the body (Sebastian Barry Quotes) For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and my sanity (Sebastian Barry Quotes) After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it (Sebastian Barry Quotes)