Bernard MacLaverty Quotes
born 1942 Ireland
Bernard MacLaverty (born 14 September 1942) is an Irish fiction writer and novelist. His novels include Cal, Grace Notes, and Midwinter Break.
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"It concentrates the mind wonderfully knowing that this [life] is all we can expect."
"There's not much you can do in this world without people getting to know."
"I always say that a man with one language is like a man with one eye."
"There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes."
When she emptied the kettle she always filled it for the benefit of the next person.
"Cal, the world is full of gulpins who don't care who they hurt."
Since Belfast, he always sat in a chair facing the door.
"What happened to you? You're nothing but appetite."
A summer insect flew into the metal dome of the Anglepoise and knocked around like a tiny knuckle.
"It's a bad day when the biggest thing you catch is a seagull."
An earthquake in one department created tidal waves in others.
"Believers. I mean, where have they all gone?"
"I wish I was artistic," said Liz, "then I could be temperamental."
"Alcohol is the rubber tyres between me and the pier." He held up his glass to her. They chinked.
Michael wondered why it was the tragic things that remained with him most vividly.
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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard MacLaverty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.