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Sebastian Barry is an Irish playwright known for his profound literary style and unique perspective on history. His works have won numerous literary awards, including the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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“If it had been a great necessity, if it had been contingents of an army meeting to overwhelm the enemy by stealth, it might not have worked out so neatly. But fate it would seem is a perfect strategist and will work miracles of timing to assist our destruction.”

Fate

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“My fate, my fate as woeful as my father's, my ridiculous, heartless, funny fate.”

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Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“A child is never the author of his own history.”

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Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“It is funny, but it strikes me that a person without anecdotes that they nurse while they live, and that survive them, are more likely to be utterly lost not only to history but the family following them. Of course this is the fate of most souls, reducing entire lives, no matter how vivid and wonderful, to those sad black names on withering family trees, with half a date dangling after and a question mark.”

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Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

About the Author

Born: July 5, 1955
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 79

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