Hubert Butler Quotes:

Goodness often blossoms like roses on very rickety trellis-work, and beauty can grow out of nonsense.

source: - Hubert Butler (1988). “The Children of Drancy”, Lilliput Press

Topics: Rose, Nonsense, Goodness

Where life is fully and consciously lived in our own neighborhood, we are cushioned a little from the impact of great far-off events which should be of only marginal concern to us.

source: - Hubert Butler, Robert Fitzroy Foster (1990). “The sub-prefect should have held his tongue and other essays”, Viking Adult

Topics: Impact, Events, Littles

There are no grounds for supposing that one can live a life without pain and sadness, but is it wrong to believe that somehow, somewhere, this is possible?

source: - Hubert Butler, Robert Fitzroy Foster (1990). “The sub-prefect should have held his tongue and other essays”, Viking Adult

Topics: Pain, Believe, Sadness