63 quotes
Smell weakness and they close in all at once.
A Singular Man (1963)
The one who leads the hunt gets no splatter.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.
"Bash on regardless. That is the cry dear chap. Through the funerals of friends. Trampling the rose gardens of enemies. Bash on regardless."
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
"What would make you happy, Miss Tomson."
"A guy with a large soul. Not the small sneaky rats careening around these days."
A Singular Man (1963)
Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.
Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.
And you my boy are going to make something of yourself. Take no nonsense from inferiors and less from superiors and count on being surrounded by crass stupidity for most of your life.
The Onion Eaters (1971)
"By all means come in, Kenneth."
"Some place. What holds it up?"
"Faith."
The Ginger Man (1955)
Foxy said the whole country was night and day asking God for favours. And you'd never get a chance to slip your own in. Especially if they had any old uncles or aunts to die to leave them a bit of land, they'd say dear Jesus would you ever strike the fuckers dead.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
Insanus omnis furere credit ceteros.
Every madman thinks everyone else mad.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
"What are you going to do in London?"
"Rest from the eyes. Ever notice the eyes along the street. Ever notice them? Looking for something. And in this fine cultured city it's me."
The Ginger Man (1955)
Hearts clicking. Remember that. Just so many times and click, we go away in this roofless world.
The Ginger Man (1955)
"But damn it all, aren't we just as some great playwright or someone said, actors on a stage."
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
"Tongues never still. Wagging and wagging. In one shopkeeper's ear and out to a dozen others. And in a thrice don't they have the whole story all over Ireland."
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
Of the eighty thousand things that came all at once into my mind to say, I selected the one hundred and twelfth.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
A pity to meet kindness. Lower one's guard. And wham.
A Singular Man (1963)
"Why don't you shut up. You thief."
Amazing how few words one has to use to gain one's desired effect.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)
But with all my responsibilities these days I thought that a wife would be quite suitable. And save me paying wages.
The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)