"Mr Dangerfield, why don't you believe in hell and things like that?"
"Hell is for poor people."
J. P. Donleavy Quotes
1926–2017 Ireland
James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was a U.S.-born Irish novelist and playwright.
- Ireland
- Novelists
- Playwrights
- Short story writers
63 quotes
They say there is good in everyone. If you just give them a chance. And a good boot in the arse.
The Ginger Man (1955)
"I swim back to the shores of privilege out of the sea of the dispossessed."
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)
In a big bowl full of hatred can you ever find a spoonful of love.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
How small we make our worlds. Gather them in, tighten them up into little castles of fear.
The Ginger Man (1955)
The Onion Eaters (1971)
But like the end of every rainbow I ran to with my sisters, all I ever found was misty rain drops.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
Life getting like a merrygoround with people getting on and off and no one paying for the ride.
A Singular Man (1963)
A Singular Man (1963)
A change of scene is good for a change of mind.
The Ginger Man (1955)
"Life is always travelling to a sorrow."
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)
"There is but one thing that is important, that no one can ever take your good manners from you."
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
A Singular Man (1963)
"I'm suspicious about people interested in saving other people's souls."
The Ginger Man (1955)
"If you shoot off a chap's kneecaps I hardly think there is point in putting bullets in his liver."
The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)
The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.
The Funeral of Denny Cordell (1995)
"And I've something to tell you in strict confidence so spread it everywhere."
The Ginger Man (1955)
"Even if everybody suffers, your own suffering does not seem less."
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: J. P. Donleavy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.