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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
But that sacred hunger we spoke of justifies all.
— Barry Unsworth
When you in de right you heart strong you no 'fraid nottin'.
— Barry Unsworth
I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
— Barry Unsworth
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
— Barry Unsworth
I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
— Barry Unsworth
All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.
— Barry Unsworth
I'm not a biographer, I'm a novelist.
— Barry Unsworth
Liberals have a quaint and touching faith that truth is on their side and an even quainter faith that journalists are on the side of truth.
— P. J. O'Rourke
There are no stronger fetters than those we forge for ourselves.
— Barry Unsworth
No latitude makes any difference to what men will do to other men, whether for gain or in the name of justice.
— Barry Unsworth
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
Nothing a man suffers will prevent him from inflicting suffering on others. Indeed, it will teach him the way
— 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 ...
— Barry Unsworth
A little bit of kindness goes a long way with women.
— Barry Unsworth
I've always had an easy time directing actors because I always hire ones that are great before I get my hands on them.
— Woody Allen
Children will grow up substantially what they are by natureand only that. — Harriet Beecher Stowe
The successful cannot be unhappy it was a contradiction in terms. — Barry Unsworth
The kneading of memory makes the dough of fiction, which, as we know, can go on yeasting for ever ...
— Barry Unsworth
Those confiding their pain cannot know at the outset how much they will be required to relive it.
— Barry Unsworth
Doubt is the ally of hope, not its enemy, and together they made all the blessing he had.
— Barry Unsworth
Success doesn't teach as many lessons as failure
— Jay Samit
Justice is a mighty fine thing.
— Barry Unsworth
Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know, sometimes never stops rising.
— Barry Unsworth
In the absence of truth, power is the only game in town.
— Richard John Neuhaus
I was born for better things.
— Barry Unsworth
It's possible to disagree with someone about the ethics of non-violence without wanting to kick his face in.
— Christopher Hampton
It's more paine to doe nothing then something.
— George Herbert
Only way to live here is day by day, same as anywhere.
— Barry Unsworth
When you attack the roots of sin, fix your thought more on the God you desire than on the sin you abhor.
— Walter Hilton