Quotessence
Home / Authors / John Banville
John Banville

John Banville Quotes

Novelist

Filter quotes by topic

AllKnowsBookWorldWritingIfsThinkingJohn BanvillePeopleSelfThe SeaWayArtCertainChildhoodFirstsI CanLeftLongMomentsPast

Famous John Banville Quotes

“Still the dream persists, suppressed but always there, that somehow by some miraculous effort of the heart what was done could be undone. What form would such atonement take that would turn back time and bring the dead to life? None. None possible, not in the real world. And yet in my imaginings I can clearly see this cleansed new creature steaming up out of myself like a proselyte rising drenched from the baptismal river amid glad cries.”

PastTimeImaginationDreamsRegretForgivenessGhostsRegretsAtonementForgiveness QuotesJohn Banville
Author:John Banville
Create image