“I always say that a man with one language is like a man with one eye.”
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.1 - p.8
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“There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes.”
Ch 11 - p.236
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
“When she emptied the kettle she always filled it for the benefit of the next person.”
Ch 11 - p.227
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
Ch 11 - p.217
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
"Nevertheless. Every little helps. The Brothers are sorely in need of it this weather."
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.1 - p.12
Bernard MacLaverty Quotes
“Cal, the world is full of gulpins who don't care who they hurt.”
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Source: Novels, Cal (1983), Ch.5 - p.144
“There's not much you can do in this world without people getting to know.”
Short story, "Across the street", p.132
Short Stories, The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)
“You can't choose your children.”
Short story, "Some surrender", p.119
Short Stories, The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)
“It concentrates the mind wonderfully knowing that this [life] is all we can expect.”
Short story, "The break", p.25
Short Stories, The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)
Short story, "The break", p.20
Short Stories, The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)
“A bird's-eye view does not see the truth.”
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.17 - p.145
“It's a bad day when the biggest thing you catch is a seagull.”
Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.10 - p.89
Ch 9 - p.187
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
Short story, "In the hills above Lugano", p.51
Short Stories, The Great Profundo and Other Stories (1987)
“Alcohol is the rubber tyres between me and the pier.”
He held up his glass to her. They chinked.
Ch 2 - p.27
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
