"And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth."

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Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.176, Faber & Faber

Sebastian Barry

#Another Life Quotes

“The more one emphasizes winning, the less he or she is able to concentrate on what actually causes success.”
“We pay for security with boredom, for adventure with bother.”
“Arms control is by definition a rejection of disarmament.”
“I fear one day I'll meet God, he'll sneeze and I won't know what to say.”
“If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”

Source : "The Poetics of Space". Book by Gaston Bachelard, 1964.
“I'm singing and dancing and playing guitar. I really enjoy pushing myself into different aspects. I'm not going to do this for the rest of my life, but I want to keep challenging myself. And if I'm fearful of something I definitely want to step into it and see how good or bad I am at it.”
“I wear mostly black Main Line or Tâ€¦ But the other day, the sun was shining so I wore blue jeans. It caused so much excitement in the office! People were literally coming up from the floor below and peering behind my desk saying; we hear youâ€™re wearing blue jeans and we have to have a look”
“Finding a master of the dark art of ninjutsu in modern westernized Japan seems as unlikely as finding an active practitioner of the magic of Merlin in contemporary industrialized England.”

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