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J.P. Donleavy quotes: Take deedsAway.Play musicplease.

Take deeds
Away.
Play music
please.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies.

You know, there must be happiness somewhere, when a lawyer dies.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: How when one is able to indulge the luxury of beginning one's life again.All one thinksTo doIs end it

How when one is able to indulge the luxury of beginning one's life again.
All one thinks
To do
Is end it

J.P. Donleavy quotes: I'm sick of people. The less I have to do with them for the rest of my life the better. I don't careif I die.

I'm sick of people. The less I have to do with them for the rest of my life the better. I don't careif I die.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Writing is turning life's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning life's worst moments into money.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.

On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Dear Mr Skully, I have caught my neck in a mangle and will be indisposed for eternity. Yours in death S.D.

Dear Mr Skully, I have caught my neck in a mangle and will be indisposed for eternity. Yours in death S.D.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something.

I'm starved for love. Not ordinary love but real love. The love that's like music or something.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.

When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Expect the worst And that's what You'll get Only it will be Much worse.

Expect the worst
And that's what
You'll get
Only it will be
Much worse.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.

Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Writing: Turning one's worst moments into profit.

Writing: Turning one's worst moments into profit.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.

I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.

The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame.

The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: ... With a slight miscalculated leap cleared to the iron picket fence. Put the fear of God into me, picket fences and balls don't mix.

... With a slight miscalculated leap cleared to the iron picket fence. Put the fear of God into me, picket fences and balls don't mix.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.

Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.

I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.

See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: his sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: his sins were scarlet, but his books were read.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: If you're going to love somebody, love somebody who needs it.

If you're going to love somebody, love somebody who needs it.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty, climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by.

Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty,
climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by.

J.P. Donleavy quotes: If there's a sickness in America, it's the lack of materialism.

If there's a sickness in America, it's the lack of materialism.