Quotes from book
The Secret Scripture

The Secret Scripture
Sebastian Barry

The Secret Scripture is a 2008 novel written by Irish writer Sebastian Barry.

“I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can't be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins.”

Sebastian Barry book The Secret Scripture

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“It is very difficult to be a hero without an audience, although, in a sense, we are each the hero of a peculiar, half-ruined film called our life.”

Sebastian Barry book The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“After all the world is indeed beautiful and if we were any other creature than man we might be continuously happy in it.”

Sebastian Barry book The Secret Scripture

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“Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy.”

Sebastian Barry book The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

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