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

— J. P. Donleavy The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B (1968)

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"Mr Dangerfield, why don't you believe in hell and things like that?"
"Hell is for poor people."

The Ginger Man (1955)

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)

In a big bowl full of hatred can you ever find a spoonful of love.

The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)

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)

My god, one can see such a different side of people when one's merely a menial.
O God what utter amazing ruddy bliss to no longer be a menial.

The Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1977)

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