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> [When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would they know it was me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/when-i-die-i-want-to-decompose-in-a-barrel-of-porter-and-have-it/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

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> [When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/when-i-die-i-want-to-decompose-in-a-barrel-of-porter-and-have-it-2/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

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## Other authors on Dublin

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-joyce-46443.jpg) James Joyce 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dublin/james-joyce/)

## More by J. P. Donleavy

> [Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/food-throwers-begun-usually-by-estranged-couples-once-this-victual/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered it- that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/i-remember-one-letter-from-a-girl-in-a-midwestern-town-who-read-one/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty, climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/blessed-are-they-who-in-this-sea-of-frailty-climb-aboard-a-piece-of/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/the-best-book-of-the-year-grobel-s-writing-is-quite-marvelous-the/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [Expect the worst And that's what You'll get Only it will be Much worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/expect-the-worst-and-that-s-what-you-ll-get-only-it-will-be-much-worse/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/when-i-die-i-want-to-decompose-in-a-barrel-of-porter-and-have-it/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/i-m-all-for-christianity-but-insolence-must-be-put-down/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/to-marry-the-irish-is-to-look-for-poverty/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/the-inhabitants-will-always-see-both-sides-of-an-argument-so-long-as/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/when-i-die-i-want-to-decompose-in-a-barrel-of-porter-and-have-it-2/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/sometimes-you-write-and-you-find-yourself-almost-wondering-how-it/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/and-no-i-must-not-go-on-thinking-for-the-pain-will-never-go-away-you/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/on-being-old-it-s-not-nice-but-take-comfort-that-you-won-t-stay-that/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/rid-the-mind-of-knowledge-when-looking-for-pleasure-or-start-thinking/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

> [I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-p-donleavy-2/i-got-disappointed-in-human-nature-as-well-and-gave-it-up-because-i/)

[J. P. Donleavy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-p-donleavy-2/)

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