John Burnside Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“The definition of a page-turner really aught to be that this page is so good, you can't bear to leave it behind, but then the next page is there and it might be just as amazing as this one.”
-- John Burnside

#Bears Quotes #Definitions Quotes #Might Quotes
“That's the wonderful thing with nerds: they're enthusiasts. Not having a life means you get to love things with a passion and nobody bothers you about it.”
-- John Burnside

Source : John Burnside (2010). “Glister”, p.21, Random House

#Passion Quotes #Mean Quotes #Nerd Quotes
“My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, break loose, and do something terrible. [Burnside, p. 27]”
-- John Burnside

#Father Quotes #Men Quotes #Rooms Quotes
“and because what we learn in the dark remains all our lives, a noise like the sea, displacing the day's pale knowledge, you'll come to yourself in a glimmer of rainfall or frost, the burnt smell of autumn, a meeting of parallel lines, and know you were someone else for the longest time, pretending you knew where you were, like a diffident tourist, lost on the one main square, and afraid to enquire.”
-- John Burnside

#Autumn Quotes #Dark Quotes #Sea Quotes
“As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasnâ€™t here. Before that, my parents werenâ€™t here. And before thatâ€¦”
-- John Burnside

#Children Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Parent Quotes
“Our response to the world is essentially one of wonder, of confronting the mysterious with a sense, not of being small, or insignificant, but of being part of a rich and complex narrative.”
-- John Burnside

#World Quotes #Narrative Quotes #Mysterious Quotes
“Andy Brown is one of our most interesting and exciting younger poets. With its love of ideas and language, his work demonstrates that there need be no barriers in poetry; that the philosophical, the lyrical and the playful can be combined in work of assured and generous vision.”
-- John Burnside

#Philosophical Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Interesting Quotes

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