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Quotes from The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B — J. P. Donleavy

1926–2017 Ireland

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"I swim back to the shores of privilege out of the sea of the dispossessed."

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

Reach up to put a hand to some dream you kept awake. Now you take it like a red ripe apple and polish quietly up and down one's sleeve.

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

"Life is always travelling to a sorrow."

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

"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)

"Good larder is a man's salvation."

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

Eat this great bowl of emptiness.

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

"He is young but he thinks old."

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

Unable to see further than tomorrow.

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

And there. Caught in the morning sun. She goes. Galloping. Her hair flying from her head as Dingle's flows out from his mane. A gleaming black body rippling of muscle. Great long legs stretching out on the emerald turf.

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

Morning wiping sleepy dust from eyes, Balthazar asked nannie why does everyone cry. Because your father has gone away. Where. To where people go. Where do they go. They pass away. Where. To be with God. Why. Because they are dead. What is dead. Dead is when your heart grows cold. Will my heart ever grow cold. Yes God love you little boy.

The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

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