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Sebastian Barry

"It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark."

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

Sebastian Barry

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“But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I knew that they were something so special, mainly because of the lead singer, nine-year-old Michael Jackson. And it was just so obvious to me that he was a star.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.”
“It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.”
“I've covered a lot of ground geographically and emotionally and for years I lost my connection with my family. But the best comfort you can have, whether you are on the phone or sitting there in the living room with them, is with your parents, and to me family has always meant protection. When you smile you get a smile back, unconditionally.”

Source : Interview with Nick McGrath, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2011.
“I think Hell exists on Earth. It's a psychological state, or it can be a physical state. People who have severe mental illness are in Hell. People who have lost a loved one are in Hell. I think there are all kinds of different hells. It's not a place you go to after you die.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.”
“I can't say enough about Ireland. I can't. I'd move there.”
“Playing video games is something I enjoy in my spare time. I'm a gamer, always have been.”

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