quotes by Barry Hannah

"You've got to lie to stay halfway interested in yourself."
— Barry Hannah

"What a bog and labyrinth the human essence is... We are all overbrained and overemotioned."
— Barry Hannah (Airships)

"I looked over the despondency of the home crowd. Fools! Fools! I thought. Love it! Love the loss as well as the gain. Go home and dig it. Nobody was killed. We saw victory and defeat, and they were both wonderful."
— Barry Hannah (Airships)

"Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if you believe those things? Prove to me that you’re better than the rabbits we ate last night."
— Barry Hannah

"The point is to strip down, get protestant, then even more naked. Walk over scorched bricks to find your own soul. Your heart a searching dog in the rubble."
— Barry Hannah

""Ring!" he shrieked at the vapid instrument."
— Barry Hannah