"After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it."

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Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.14, Faber & Faber

Sebastian Barry

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“You know, people see [August: Osage County], and I tell them that it's based on my family, and they assume that I came from some kind of horrible, hysterical circumstances. That's not true. My family, my nuclear family, was actually very close. My mom and dad were great parents and they encouraged a real rich, creative life for me and my brothers. My extended family, like every family, has some darkness, and some violence of some kind, emotional or otherwise, in their past.”
“Our idea of God tells us more about ourselves than about Him.”
“In Silence the heart illumines; veil after veil is removed.In the heart shines the Light of Love.When the Light of Love is seen shining within your heart you behold the Light in all.Your heart will be filled with love and compassion for all.”
“God is a kind Father. He sets us all in the places where he wishes us to be employed. He chooses work for every creature which will be delightful to them if they do it simply and humbly. He gives us always strength enough and sense enough for what he wants us to do.”
“Taking back our light from those weâ€™ve projected it onto opens the door to an unimaginable future.”
“I'm very jealous of actors that swoop in for 20 days, and then swoop back out. When you're a director, you're on that train for the next two years, so you best love it like you've never loved anything, ever.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit.”
“I never played drunk. Hung over, yes, but never drunk.”

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