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John Banville, born on December 8, 1945, is an Irish novelist known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical insights. His works have won numerous literary awards.

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Famous John Banville Quotes

“I shall strip away layer after layer of grime -- the toffee-colored varnish and caked soot left by a lifetime of dissembling -- until I come to the very thing itself and know it for what it is. My soul. My self.”

Knows Soul Self Left Lifetime My Soul Layers Grime Toffee

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“...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left”

Left Rooms

Book:The Sea

Source: The Sea

“All I wanted was to be left alone. They abhor a vacuum, other people. You find a quiet corner where you can hunker down in peace, and the next minute there they are, crowding around you in their party hats, tooting their paper whistles in your face and insisting you get up and join in the knees-up.”

People Wanted Faces Next Left Party Minutes Quiet Paper Corners Get Up Knees Hats Your Face Vacuums Left Alone Insisting

Book:Eclipse

Source: Eclipse

“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.”

Kind Long States Moments Would Be Left Mystery Childhood Summer Finals Calm Golden Indian Adulthood Tranquility Unnoticed Bearable Puzzled Dripping Immediacy Indian Summer

Book:The Sea

Source: The Sea

About the Author

Born: December 8, 1945
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 101

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