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J. P. Donleavy Quotes (1926-2017)
King, Playwright, Novelist
About J. P. Donleavy
James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was a U.S.-born Irish novelist and playwright.
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“"Life is always travelling to a sorrow."”
“All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”
“"I'm suspicious about people interested in saving other people's souls."”
“"I swim back to the shores of privilege out of the sea of the dispossessed."”
“"And I've something to tell you in strict confidence so spread it everywhere."”
“"By all means come in, Kenneth."
"Some place. What holds it up?"
"Faith."”
"Some place. What holds it up?"
"Faith."”
“Insanus omnis furere credit ceteros.
Every madman thinks everyone else mad.”
Every madman thinks everyone else mad.”
“"But damn it all, aren't we just as some great playwright or someone said, actors on a stage."”
About J. P. Donleavy
James Patrick Donleavy (23 April 1926 – 11 September 2017) was a U.S.-born Irish novelist and playwright.