33 Quotes by Barry Unsworth

Grief works its own perversions and betrayals; the shape of what we have lost is as subject to corruption as the mortal body...

Justice is a mighty fine thing.

There are no stronger fetters than those we forge for ourselves.

To function efficiently – to function at all – we must concentrate our effects. Picturing things is bad for business, it is undynamic. It can choke the mind with horror if persisted in. We have graphs and tables and balance sheets and statement of corporate philosophy to help us remain busily and safely in the realm of the abstract and comfort us with a sense of lawful endeavor and lawful profit. And we have maps.

I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.

I'm unemployable in any other capacity.