Quotes by : Sebastian Barry

I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there,....

It is not history. But I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory....

But I had no idea what I looked like. Children may feel epic and large to theyselves and yet be only....

I wanted to listen to him, but I did not want to answer now. That strange responsibility we feel towards....

In the darkness as we lie side by side John Cole's left hand snakes over under the sheets and takes a....

If it had been a great necessity, if it had been contingents of an army meeting to overwhelm the enemy....

The real comfort is that the history of the world contains so much grief that my small griefs are edged....

Memory, I must suppose, if it is neglected becomes like a box room, or a lumber room in an old house,....

I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something....

Four men killed that day. The phrase sat up in Willie's head like a rat and made a nest for itself there....