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> [“When I look back, no matter how hard I try I can see clear break between one phase and another. It is a seamless flow - although flow is too strong a word. More a sort of busy stasis, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/when-i-look-back-no-matter-how-hard-i-try-i-can-see-clear-break/)

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

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> [I live in Dublin, God knows why. There are greatly more congenial places I could have settled in - Italy, France, Manhattan - but I like the climate here, and Irish light seems to be essential for me and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/i-live-in-dublin-god-knows-why-there-are-greatly-more-congenial/)

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

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## Other authors on Dublin

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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/)

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