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Barry Unsworth quotes: But what a man sees still must depend on what he looks for. While I have eyes of my own, I shall not need to borrow yours.

But what a man sees still must depend on what he looks for. While I have eyes of my own, I shall not need to borrow yours.

Barry Unsworth quotes: But that sacred hunger we spoke of justifies all.

But that sacred hunger we spoke of justifies all.

Barry Unsworth quotes: When you in de right you heart strong you no 'fraid nottin'.

When you in de right you heart strong you no 'fraid nottin'.

Barry Unsworth quotes: I'm unemployable in any other capacity.

I'm unemployable in any other capacity.

Barry Unsworth quotes: In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.

Barry Unsworth quotes: I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.

I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.

Barry Unsworth quotes: All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.

All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.

Barry Unsworth quotes: I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.

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

Barry Unsworth quotes: There are no stronger fetters than those we forge for ourselves.

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

Barry Unsworth quotes: Useful thing a warrant. Murder and theft change their names if you have one.

Useful thing a warrant. Murder and theft change their names if you have one.

Barry Unsworth quotes: No latitude makes any difference to what men will do to other men, whether for gain or in the name of justice.

No latitude makes any difference to what men will do to other men, whether for gain or in the name of justice.

Barry Unsworth quotes: A little bit of kindness goes a long way with women.

A little bit of kindness goes a long way with women.

Barry Unsworth quotes: It is always through arbitrary combinations that experience enslaves the memory.

It is always through arbitrary combinations that experience enslaves the memory.

Barry Unsworth quotes: But whatever the ramifications, whatever turns the path takes, the beginning is always there, in a particular moment, a particular point of access.

But whatever the ramifications, whatever turns the path takes, the beginning is always there, in a particular moment, a particular point of access.

Barry Unsworth quotes: Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way

Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way

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

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

Barry Unsworth quotes: The successful cannot be unhappy it was a contradiction in terms.

The successful cannot be unhappy
it was a contradiction in terms.

Barry Unsworth quotes: The kneading of memory makes the dough of fiction, which, as we know, can go on yeasting for ever ...

The kneading of memory makes the dough of fiction, which, as we know, can go on yeasting for ever ...

Barry Unsworth quotes: Those confiding their pain cannot know at the outset how much they will be required to relive it.

Those confiding their pain cannot know at the outset how much they will be required to relive it.

Barry Unsworth quotes: Doubt is the ally of hope, not its enemy, and together they made all the blessing he had.

Doubt is the ally of hope, not its enemy, and together they made all the blessing he had.

Barry Unsworth quotes: Justice is a mighty fine thing.

Justice is a mighty fine thing.

Barry Unsworth quotes: Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know, sometimes never stops rising.

Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know, sometimes never stops rising.

Barry Unsworth quotes: I was born for better things.

I was born for better things.

Barry Unsworth quotes: Only way to live here is day by day, same as anywhere.

Only way to live here is day by day, same as anywhere.