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Playwright

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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Famous Sebastian Barry Quotes

“There are some sufferings that we seem as a creature to forget, or we would never survive as a creature among all the other creatures.”

Suffering

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“What he must have suffered, in his lovely English privacy.”

Suffering Privacy English Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture Reserve Suffer In Silence

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“What would have comforted that writhing woman in a lost bed in the lost land of Strandhill I do not know. If I were a horse they would have shot me out of mercy.”

Suffering Alone Isolated Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture Inconsolable No Comfort

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

“Terrible, dreepy, dark February weather I remember, and the worst, most frightened days of my life.”

Suffering Dark Struggle Weather February Dark Times Sebastian Barry The Secret Scripture

Book:The Secret Scripture

Source: The Secret Scripture

About the Author

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

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