“...the greatest victories are therefore never without the shadow of loss; every path you take, no matter how lofty or effulgent, aches… — Paul Murray Left behind Copy Share Image
“Irish-looking,' Halley said, by which she meant a collection of indistinct features - pale skin, mousy hair, general air of ill-health -… — Paul Murray Irish Copy Share Image
“Although if it's a dream that you truly believe in your heart,' Geoff attempts to console him, 'then in a way, you… — Paul Murray Dream Copy Share Image
“Life makes fools of us all sooner or later. But keep your sense of humor and you'll at least be able to… — Paul Murray Comedy Copy Share Image
“You're talking like a Stalinist!' I cried. 'People don't get jobs to achieve things and learn values ! They do it because… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
“When you think about it, the Big Bang's a big like school, isn't it? ... Well, I mean to say, one day… — Paul Murray Big bang Copy Share Image
“I only meant, you know, you shouldn’t be wasting your time on imbeciles. I know how hard it is to find the… — Paul Murray Advice Copy Share Image
“Maybe instead of strings it's stories things are made of, an infinite number of tiny vibrating stories; once upon a time they… — Paul Murray Copy Share Image
“To look out the window, it might be the 1980s still, the height of the heroin plague, the police doing nothing, the… — Paul Murray Children Copy Share Image
“The accursed ship didn't sink for a full three hours. By the time it did, I was feeling so traumatized that even… — Paul Murray Time Copy Share Image
“His name was Paul Eluard, and he said this thing once: There is another world, but it is in this one...It's like,… — Paul Murray Another world Copy Share Image
“For Guido the past, like a Third World country, was merely another resource to be exploited and abandoned when the time comes;… — Paul Murray Civilization Copy Share Image
“On the way back, Dennis, who has been unusually quiet this lunchtime, speaks up. ‘I’ve been thinking about that Robert Frost poem,’… — Paul Murray Making choices Copy Share Image