“When the parish priest rebuked him for his celibacy, saying it would lead him into debaucheryand sin, hesaid that a man who had to be muzzled bya wife as a protection against debauchery was not worthy of the joy of innocence. After that people began to treat him with priestly respect.” PeopleMenJoySinWifeTreatsWorthyProtectionInnocencePriestsCelibacyNot WorthyParishDebaucheryParish Priest Author:Liam O'Flaherty
“It's impossible for a creative artist to be either a Puritan or a Fascist, because both are a negation of the creative urge. The only things a creative artist can be opposed to are ugliness and injustice.” ArtistCreativeImpossibleInjusticeUrgesUglinessFascistsPuritanCreative ArtNegationCreative Artists Author:Liam O'Flaherty
“I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men's bones.” MenHateGrowthBornSunLandRocksBonesStormFrostIreland And The Irish Book:The Wave: And Other Stories Source: The Wave: And Other Stories
“Ours is the wild tumult of the unchained storm, the tumult of the army on the march, clashing its cymbals, rioting with excess of energy. Need we be ashamed of it?” NeedsEnergyArmyStormAshamedMarchExcessTumultRiotingCymbals Book:The Letters of Liam O'Flaherty Source: The Letters of Liam O'Flaherty
