“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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Famous Bernard MacLaverty Quotes
“There's nobody can fix this but yourself. You are the only one who can make the changes.”
Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break
Ch 11 - p.236
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“When she emptied the kettle she always filled it for the benefit of the next person.”
Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break
Ch 11 - p.227
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Ch 11 - p.217
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“Believers. I mean, where have they all gone?”
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Ch 11 - p.215
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"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
Bernard MacLaverty book Cal
Source: Novels, Cal (1983), Ch.5 - p.127
“What happened to you? You're nothing but appetite.”
Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break
Ch 10 - p.198
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“Look, see, behold. Above all, listen.”
Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break
Ch 3 - p.68
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“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
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Ch 9 - p.187
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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.”
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He held up his glass to her. They chinked.
Ch 2 - p.27
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)
