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> [“Of all the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works. When darkness sifts from the air like fine soft soot and light spreads slowly out of the east then all but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/of-all-the-things-we-fashioned-for-them-that-they-might-be-comforted/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

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> [“Of the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/of-the-things-we-fashioned-for-them-that-they-might-be-comforted-dawn/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

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## More by John Banville

> [I've always been fascinated by physics and cosmology. It gets more and more scary the older you get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-physics-and-cosmology-it-gets-more-and/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“What did I brood on, sitting there in the classic pose with my elbows on my knees and my chin on my hands? We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/what-did-i-brood-on-sitting-there-in-the-classic-pose-with-my-elbows/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“Her own mother had died when Anna was twelve and since then father and daughter had faced the world like a pair of nineteenth-century…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/her-own-mother-had-died-when-anna-was-twelve-and-since-then-father/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-effect-of-prizes-on-one-s-career-if-that-is-what-to-call-it-is/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“Of all the things we fashioned for them that they might be comforted, dawn is the one that works. When darkness sifts from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/of-all-the-things-we-fashioned-for-them-that-they-might-be-comforted/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [I am the worst judge of my books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/i-am-the-worst-judge-of-my-books/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“Yet even without saying, each knew what the other was thinking, and, more acutely, what the other was feeling -- this is a further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/yet-even-without-saying-each-knew-what-the-other-was-thinking-and/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“I have ever had the conviction, resistant to all rational considerations, that at some unspecified future moment the continuous rehearsal which is my life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/i-have-ever-had-the-conviction-resistant-to-all-rational/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“The novel is a kind of elephant. But I like to make that elephant dance on a quarter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/the-novel-is-a-kind-of-elephant-but-i-like-to-make-that-elephant/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“Whom now would I love, and who would love me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/whom-now-would-i-love-and-who-would-love-me/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [Art is amoral, whether we accept this or not; it does not take sides. The finest fictions are cold at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/art-is-amoral-whether-we-accept-this-or-not-it-does-not-take-sides/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“At thee seaside all is narrow horizontals, the world reduced to a few long straight lines pressed between earth and sky.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/at-thee-seaside-all-is-narrow-horizontals-the-world-reduced-to-a-few/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [“It seems to me a work of art is the evidence offered by a fantastically observant witness”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/it-seems-to-me-a-work-of-art-is-the-evidence-offered-by-a/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [Everything we do is tinged with the knowledge that this may be the last time that we will do this, and that makes what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/everything-we-do-is-tinged-with-the-knowledge-that-this-may-be-the/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

> [I like ideas. I find them more exciting than human behavior for the most part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/i-like-ideas-i-find-them-more-exciting-than-human-behavior-for-the/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

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