12 Inspiring Quotes From the Best Irish Writers of All Time
by N/A, 9 years ago |
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Your knowledge of literature can't be complete without reading these brilliant Irish writers. If you haven't read them already, these quotes will have you scrambling to grab some of their books as quickly as you can.Â
1. "Dreams belong to each of us alone, just as pain does." –Colm Toibin
2. “Love … is like nature, but in reverse; first it fruits, then it flowers, then it seems to wither, then it goes deep, deep down into its burrow, where no one sees it, where it is lost from sight, and ultimately people die with that secret buried in
3. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."–Oscar Wilde
4. But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.â€â€“James Joyce
5. “Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no tomorrow. To forget time, to forgive life, to be at peace.â€â€“Oscar Wilde
6. "If you have the words, there's always a chance that you'll find the way."–Seamus Heaney
7. “But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.â€â€“William Butler Yeats
8. "The words ran away from me."–Edna O'Brien
9. “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.â€â€“Samuel Beckett
10. “You use a glass mirror to see your face: you use works of art to see your soul.â€â€“George Bernard Shaw
11. “The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.â€â€“Colum McCann
12. "The world spins. We stumble on. It is enough."–Colum McCann
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