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Barry Hannah was an American novelist born on April 23, 1942, and passed away on March 1, 2010. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound psychological insights.

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Famous Barry Hannah Quotes

“I wouldn't buy somebody's album on a dare if they called him a musician's musician. I don't write to be a writer's writer. I don't want to be like the little-magazine writer.”

Ifs Want Writing Littles Musician Albums Dare Magazines

Author:Barry Hannah

“The first two drinks were always wonderfully liberating. You think better. You're braver, and you'll say anything. If you could just hang in there with two or three, it'd be beautiful. The trouble was I couldn't.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Two Beautiful Three Trouble Drink Say Anything Liberating Hang In There

Author:Barry Hannah

“Children will listen to anything elders say to survive, and if you grew up without an elder telling you there was a god, what did your parents say to you?”

Ifs Children Parent Grew Grew Up Elders

Author:Barry Hannah

“Where is the angry machine of all of us? Why is God such a blurred magician? Why are you begging for your life if you believe those things? Prove to me that you’re better than the rabbits we ate last night.”

Ifs Believe Lasts Night Prove Machines Angry Magician Last Night Rabbits If You Believe Begging Prove To Me

Book:Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories

Source: Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories

“If you are able to explain suffering, a man once told him, you weren't really there.”

Ifs Men Able Suffering

Book:Yonder Stands Your Orphan

Source: Yonder Stands Your Orphan

“When you're not involved, other people's unhappiness seems to be about the funniest damn thing on earth because you think you can solve it, that you are God, that you are above this, and that their unhappiness is just such useless toil and agony. If it's you, it ceases to be a comedy.”

People Ifs Thinking Seems Earth Comedy Involved Solve Cease Useless Damn Unhappiness Agony Toil Damn Things

Author:Barry Hannah

About the Author

Born: April 23, 1942
Died: March 1, 2010
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 44

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Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected StoriesRelated source material

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