On confronting the memories of his sexual abuse by a priest in “Gabriel Byrne: 'There’s a shame about men speaking out. A sense that if you were abused, it was your fault'” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/nov/08/gabriel-byrne-its-an-obscenity-to-tell-innocent-children-theyre-going-to-hell in The Guardian (2020 Nov 8)
“I remember when I moved in you
And the holy dove she was moving too,
And every single breath that we drew was
Hallelujah.”
"Hallelujah"
Various Positions (1984)
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Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934–2016Related quotes
“I want to know you moved and breathed in the same world with me.”
Source: The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Were you listening to a word I said '
'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.”
Source: Shades of Grey
“Don’t move, and breathe only if you have to. (Caleb)”
Source: Infinity
“So you’ll forget her and move on.”
I suppose I will. As soon as I forget how to breathe.”
Source: Reforming a Rake
“The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.”
"The Wheel"
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988)
Context: All your thoughts are in another head.
Your dreams are sleepin' in a different bed.
The force that moves you is a circular breath
of life and death going round and round and round.