79 Quotes About The-sea-the-sea
- Author Iris Murdoch
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He is endowed with an Irish flow of words, and when thoroughly drunk is difficult to interrupt.
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That's how vile I am! I live Ireland, I breathe Ireland, and Christ how I loathe it, I wish I were a bloody Scot, that's how bloody awful it is being Irish! I think I hate Ireland more than I hate the theatre, and that's saying something!
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I saw through a black veil of misery and remorse and indecision and fear; and there was a feeling as if I carried a small leaden coffin in the place of my heart.
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I wanted to drag us all down into some common pool of feeling, I wanted to stop this conventional machine of awful insincere politeness.
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In my experience a good row not only does not clear the air but can land you with a lifelong enemy.
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Lovely country, isn't it. Do you know this part of the world?""No." He said, suddenly stretching out his hands, "Oh, the sea, the sea—it's so wonderful.
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It's not so easy.""What isn't?""To establish relationships, you can't just elect people, it can't be done by thinking and willing.
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The sea, the sea, yes,' James went on. 'Did you know that Plato was descended from Poseidon on his father's side? Do you have porpoises, seals?' 'There are seals, I'm told. I haven't seen any.
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I had deluded myself throughout by the idea of reviving a secret love which did not exist at all.
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