Quotes by Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture

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And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth. — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
It is not history. But I am beginning to wonder strongly what is the nature of history. Is it only memory in decent sent — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
I was well aware how famously or infamously secretive these old institutions can be, no more than ourselves, a mixture o — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
I suppose therefore God is the connoisseur of filthied hearts and souls, and can see the old, the first pattern in them, — Sebastian Barry, 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, The Secret Scripture
It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the marke — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
The world begins anew with every birth, my father used to say. He forgot to say, with every death it ends. Or did not th — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
I wanted to listen to him, but I did not want to answer now. That strange responsibility we feel towards others when the — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
I am old enough to know that time passing is just a trick, a convenience. Everything is always there, still unfolding, s — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
It is always worth itemizing happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the marke — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
The human animal began as a mere wriggling thing in the ancient seas, struggling out onto land with many regrets. That i — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
Roseanne, Roseanne, if I called to you now, my own self calling to my own self, would you hear me? And if you could hear — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
A child is never the author of his own history. — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
The trust of those in dark need is forgiving work. — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
I rose and moved towards him. You would have done the same yourself. It is an ancient matter. Something propels you towa — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
Memory, I must suppose, if it is neglected becomes like a box room, or a lumber room in an old house, the contents jumbl — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
There are some sufferings that we seem as a creature to forget, or we would never survive as a creature among all the ot — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
If it had been a great necessity, if it had been contingents of an army meeting to overwhelm the enemy by stealth, it mi — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my fortune and m — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture
Because it strikes me there is something greater than judgement. I think it is called mercy. — Sebastian Barry, The Secret Scripture