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Quotes from The Great Profundo and Other Stories — Bernard MacLaverty

born 1942 Ireland

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"It concentrates the mind wonderfully knowing that this [life] is all we can expect."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

"There's not much you can do in this world without people getting to know."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

It is disconcerting to find that an acquaintance considers you his best friend, his soul mate, but I could do nothing about it.

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

A summer insect flew into the metal dome of the Anglepoise and knocked around like a tiny knuckle.

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

Neil offered his arm as she lowered herself from the step to the ground.
"What a polite young man."
"That's my mother's fault."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

"You can't choose your children."

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

I come from the kind of house where if my father saw me with a book in my hand he'd say, "Can you not find something better to do?"

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

Short story, "The break", p.20

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

He continued talking. "When you find out about real education you can never leave it alone. I don't mean A-levels and things like that - you are just proving something to yourself with them - but books, ideas, feelings. Everything to do with up here." He tapped his temple. "And here." He tapped the middle of his chest.

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

INTERVIEWER: (After an awkward silence) And how do you see the future?
PROFUNDO: I wait for it to come and then look at it (laughs).

The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bernard MacLaverty (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.