Showing posts with label John Banville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Banville. Show all posts
Monday, August 15, 2016
Daily Dose
From The Sea, by John Banville
THE FURNISHINGS
"The furnishings too have an underground look to them, like things that subsided here over the years from some brighter place above."
From II, page 144
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Daily Dose
From The Untouchable, by John Banville
OLD AGE
"Old age, as someone whom I love once said, is not a venture to be embarked on lightly."
From pg. 197, this edition
OLD AGE
"Old age, as someone whom I love once said, is not a venture to be embarked on lightly."
From pg. 197, this edition
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Friday, September 16, 2011
Daily Dose
From The Lemur, by Benjamin BlackTHE TROUBLE
"The trouble with smoking was that the desire to smoke was so much greater than the satisfaction afforded by actually smoking."
From Chapter 2, Louise
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