"I haven't really written my plays and books - I've heard them. The stories are there already, singing in your genes and in your blood."

-- Sebastian Barry

#Book Quotes #Blood Quotes #Play Quotes

“A metaphor cannot be paraphrased”
“After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.”

Source : "Global Warming and the Future of Humanity: An Interview With Noam Chomsky and Graciela Chichilnisky". Interview with C.J. Polychroniou, truthout.org. September 17, 2016.
“I work through life with commas. I don't even know, do you have parentheticals?”
“Loneliness had taught Harriet that there was always someone who understood - it was just so often that they were dead, and in a book.”
“Customers must recognize that you stand for something.”
“In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.”
“There`s actually some fluidity here in the United States. Using local intelligence against [terrorism].But you still have to infiltrate these groups. You still have to collect intelligence as you see fit. And they are organized. They are very well organized in the anti-abortion movement. Ideologically, they`re almost the same. And that`s where we see these spurts of violence.”
“On hearing the news [of being awarded a Nobel Prize], a friend who knows me only too well, sent me this laconic message: 'Blood, toil, sweat and tears always were a good mixture'.”

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