Bernard MacLaverty: Likeness

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“I always say that a man with one language is like a man with one eye.”

Bernard MacLaverty

Source: Novels, Lamb (1980), Ch.1 - p.8

“Gerry had once said to her in the middle of an argument that he didn't believe in souls but if, just perchance, they did exist, hers would be like a razor. She had been made that way by the Catholic Church, he said. Inflexible, narrow, capable of doing terrible damage by her adherence to rules and systems. But she totally objected. She told him that if she was a good person at all, it had come from her religion. If she had any sense of justice and fairness, any concept of equality, then it had come from the Church.”

Bernard MacLaverty book Midwinter Break

Ch 11 - p.217
Novels, Midwinter Break (2017)

“Violence is a bit like antibodies. Small doses build up until you can reject and be immune to the most horrific events.”

Bernard MacLaverty book Cal

Source: Novels, Cal (1983), Ch.5 - p.127