James Patrick Donleavy citations

James Patrick Donleavy, né le 23 avril 1926 à New York et mort le 11 septembre 2017 à Mullingar en Irlande, est un écrivain irlando-américain. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. avril 1926 – 11. septembre 2017
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James Patrick Donleavy: Citations en anglais

“All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”

J. P. Donleavy livre The Ginger Man

The Ginger Man (1955; New York: Delacorte Press, 1973) p. 319.

“Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.”

The Saddest Summer of Samuel S (New York: Delacorte Press, 1966) pp. 62-3.

“On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.”

The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners (New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1975) p. 278.

“I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.”

J. P. Donleavy livre A Fairy Tale of New York

A Fairy Tale of New York (London: Eyre Methuen, 1973) p. 224.

“The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.”

"The Funeral of Denny Cordell" (1995), cited from An Author and his Image: The Collected Short Pieces (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1997) p. 178.