All J P Donleavy Quotes
- And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust of… Desertion
- 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… All
- 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 control… Across
- The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame. Dead
- When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is… Any
- See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands. Age
- You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies. Dies
- I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something. Inspirational
- Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain. Find
- To marry the Irish is to look for poverty. Inspirational
- I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down. All
- I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own. Disappointed
- Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your neighbors and colleagues,… Accumulated
- Dear Mr Skully, I have caught my neck in a mangle and will be indisposed for eternity. Yours in death S.D. Caught
- Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady. Brought
- Writing is turning one's worst moments into money. Inspirational
- When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. All