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How could she be with me one moment and the next not? How could she be elsewhere, absolutely? That was what I could

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 How could she be with me one moment and the next not? How could she be elsewhere, absolutely? That was what I could

Jan 26,2022

86

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #the sea #q #where ghosts and shades do tread #irish lit #john banville

home: the word gives me a shove, and I stumble.

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 home: the word gives me a shove, and I stumble.

Jan 07,2022

101

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #personal #prose #the sea #q #fragments of selfhood #irish lit #john banville #there it is

Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.

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 Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it.

Aug 01,2021

92

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #the sea #irish lit #john banville #vale of tears

Night, and everything so quiet, as if there were no one, not even myself.

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 Night, and everything so quiet, as if there were no one, not even myself.

Jun 17,2021

115

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #the sea #sing me down into the dark #irish lit #nocturnes #john banville #i wandered lonely as a cloud

He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he

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 He heard what her eyes said to him from beneath their cowl and knew that in some dim past, whether in life or revery, he

Feb 11,2021

122

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #james joyce #a portrait of the artist as a young man #the lovers #irish lit #in this life and the next #eyes exist in the savage state

To speak of these things and to try to understand their nature and, having understood it, to try slowly and humbly

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 To speak of these things and to try to understand their nature and, having understood it, to try slowly and humbly

Jan 17,2021

112

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #james joyce #a portrait of the artist as a young man #the dreamer #notes on an art form #briefwechsel #irish lit

But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I

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 But I will tell you also what I do not fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I

Jan 16,2021

129

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #james joyce #a portrait of the artist as a young man #tbt #irish lit #hear me roar

…and touched with the wonder of mortal beauty, her face.

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 …and touched with the wonder of mortal beauty, her face.

Jan 15,2021

94

#quotes #reading #lit #m #x #prose #james joyce #FR #portrait of the artist as a young man #she hangs like a jewel upon the night #irish lit