“What no tourist bumf will tell you is that this inlet is suffused with an atmosphere of ineffable sadness. Partly a trick… — Mike McCormack Copy Share Image
“her voice suddenly gone as if it had snagged on the mist and was carried off into the failing light, leaving the… — Mike McCormack Outer space Copy Share Image
“something that at first sight appeared to be the luminous bones of some massive, extinct creature, now disinterred, with its ribs gathered… — Mike McCormack First sight Copy Share Image
“...were we so blind to the world teetering on the edge that we never straightened up from what we were doing to… — Mike McCormack Empathy Copy Share Image
“an attractive middle-aged school teacher who was taking time out after a few hours gardening and who, even in these relaxed, unguarded… — Mike McCormack Education Copy Share Image
“and it was surely the case also that only machines built to so large a scale and of such pristine alloys could… — Mike McCormack Computers Copy Share Image
“the anxious worry that I might be responsible in some way for what was on the walls of the gallery behind me,… — Mike McCormack Another man Copy Share Image
“I stood here in this kitchen elaborating and embellishing this fantasy for some time instead of taking responsibility for what was happening… — Mike McCormack Somewhere else Copy Share Image
“no point whatsoever meeting catastrophe with reason when what was needed was our prophets deranged and coming towards us wild-eyed and smeared… — Mike McCormack Copy Share Image
“I walked down the hall towards whatever bedroom she was lying in I sometimes experienced those few steps as a long journey… — Mike McCormack Human rights Copy Share Image
“I've told you before I'm not guilty of anything; I'm just guilty, that's all.” — Mike McCormack Catholic-philosophy Copy Share Image
“some things are so awful, you can't look them square in the face and some things make no sense no matter what… — Mike McCormack Copy Share Image
“her self-confidence was one of those markers I’ve always held up to myself as proof that I had done a decent job… — Mike McCormack Confidence Copy Share Image
“I love that we’re living the kind of life where things are wearing down around us” — Mike McCormack Life Copy Share Image
