“Ένα καλοκαίρι στην παραλία, όταν ήμουν δέκα ή έντεκα χρονών, είχα εξ’ αποστάσεως λατρέψει μια συνομήλικη μου καστανόξανθη καλλονή – υπάρχει, όμως, κανείς που, μες στη μελένια αχλή της παιδικής ηλικίας να μη λάτρεψε στην παραλία μια καστανόξανθη καλλονή;” ChildhoodSummerMemory Book:Ancient Light Source: Ancient Light
“Θυμάστε πως ήταν ο Απρίλης στα παιδικά σας χρόνια, θυμάστε εκείνη την αίσθηση ρευστής ορμής, τον άνεμο να σαρώνει με το φτυάρι τον γαλανό αέρα και τα πουλιά εκτός εαυτού πάνω στα ανθισμένα δέντρα;” ChildhoodMemory Book:Ancient Light Source: Ancient Light
“Happiness was different in childhood. It was so much then a matter simply of accumulation, of taking things - new experiences, new emotions - and applying them like so many polished tiles to what would someday be the marvellously finished pavilion of the self.” DifferentSelfMatterEmotionChildhoodFinishedSomedayAccumulationPolishedNew ExperiencesTiles Author:John Banville
“Yes, this is what I thought adulthood would be, a kind of long indian summer, a state of tranquility, of calm incuriousness, with nothing left of the barely bearable raw immediacy of childhood, all the things solved that had puzzled me when I was small, all mysteries settled, all questions answered, and the moments dripping away, unnoticed almost, drip by golden drip, toward the final, almost unnoticed, quietus.” KindLongStatesMomentsWould BeLeftMysteryChildhoodSummerFinalsCalmGoldenIndianAdulthoodTranquilityUnnoticedBearablePuzzledDrippingImmediacyIndian Summer Book:The Sea Source: The Sea
