Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Brian McGreevy

Quote by Brian McGreevy

“We can't know if we laugh at ourselves for being silly or to forget that we're not and that we are still here only by a sufferance that can be no more predicted than appeased. Like most things, probably a little of both.”

Quote by Brian McGreevy

Book:Hemlock Grove
Create image

Work

Hemlock Grove

Browse quotes and source details for this work. more

Author

Brian McGreevy

Browse famous quotes and profile details for Brian McGreevy. more

You May Also Like

“It was easy to conjure him up this morning, when everything was quiet and still. A little, ginger-bearded man; she had been taller than him by half a head. She had never felt the slightest physical attraction towards him. 'What was love, after all?' thought Parminder, as a gentle breeze ruffled the tall hedge of leyland cypresses that enclosed the Jawandas’ big back lawn. Was it love when somebody filled a space in your life that yawned inside you, once they had gone? 'I did love laughing', thought Parminder. 'I really miss laughing.' And it was the memory of laughter that, at last, made the tears flow from her eyes. They trickled down her nose and into her coffee, where they made little bullet holes, swiftly erased. She was crying because she never seemed to laugh any more (...).”

LoveTearsLaugh
Book:The Casual Vacancy
Create image