"in skies of deepening blue the moon, heaven's……" — Colm Toibin

in skies of deepening blue the moon, heaven's queen was now afloat - Colm Toibin

"in skies of deepening blue the moon, heaven's queen was now afloat"

— Colm Toibin

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49 Quotes by Colm Toibin

Colm Toibin has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should…
I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means,…
All writing is a form of manipulation, of course, but you realize that a plain sentence can actually do so…
Anyone who works in the arts knows, if you're writing a novel or a play or anything, you have to…
Between the ages of 8 and 12 it was difficult to know what my father was saying, and he moved…
I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second.
I live in words. I like looking at things, but I don't have a strong visual imagination.
I suppose one should have an integrated personality, but I've never really seen the point.
I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens…
I think you can get a sort of intensity and an edginess offering nine stories in a book. Competing versions…
I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where…
It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.

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When you once attribute effects to the will of a personal God, you have let in a lot of little… — Elbert Hubbard
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Hell's afloat in lover's tears. — Dorothy Parker
Go with the flow, but pray God keeps you afloat. — Angie Martinez
That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been… — Benjamin Disraeli
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Let the Truth be known, no ship is unsinkable. The bigger the ship, the easier it is to sink her.… — Thomas Andrews

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