“Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very little but you can smell the earth and feel the wind blowing.”
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“That's how vile I am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish! I think I hate Ireland more than I hate the theatre, and that's saying something!”
― The Sea, the Sea
― The Sea, the Sea
“Openness without strength is useless; strength without openness is oppression.”
― Create Your Own Religion: A How-To Book Without Instructions
― Create Your Own Religion: A How-To Book Without Instructions
“Hell is a collection of individuals who are spending the bulk of their time working on a task they don’t like and are not especially good at.”
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
― Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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