Books Quote by Sebastian Barry

“I did not know that a person could hold up a wall made up of imaginary bricks and mortar against the horrors and cruel,…

— Sebastian Barry

“My story isn't sweet and harmonious, like invented stories. It tastes of folly and bewilderment, of madness and dream, like the life of all…

— Herman Hesse

“From the beginning I've searched out those writers unafraid to stir up the emotions, who entrust me with their darkest passions, their most indestructible…

— Pat Conroy

“Slowly I discovered that writing was my way of coping with chaos and my cry of freedom, my homage to beauty. Because stories have…

— Vittorio Vandelli

“The lives and deaths of characters in stories and poems, however tragic, help us to learn about the world and - if we are…

— Nicola Morgan

“My tragedy is no peculiar. It is as ordinary as a street dog. I struggle and cope with my wants, my needs,my desires, me…

— Vandana Yadav

“There are stories that are true, in which each individual’s tale is unique and tragic, and the worst of the tragedy is that we…

— Neil Gaiman

“Mine could not be a story about the building of character, but about its erosion, about the slow accumulation of small forces and events…

— Gonzalo Munevar

“My demise resulted from a terror-one of my own creation.I was capable of conjuring up the most horrifying feelings of bone chilling fear,hopelessness,and guilt.”

— Lisa-Scarlett Cruji

“I was angry about injustice--about the uncaring way the world works. I knew a lot of ordinary people had died that day, not because…

— Terry Hayes

“However, at fourteen years old, she didn’t understand that all those terrible troubles the heroines in her books went through in real life hurt.…

— Kristen Ashley

“I spent the rest of my day in someone else's story. The rare moments that I put the book down, my own pain returned…

— Amy Plum