Derek Mahon quotes
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“At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime”
-- Derek MahonSource : 'Antarctica' (1985) title poem.
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“The little things that you saw with a child’s eye and that will never go away. That’s what consciousness is all about.”
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“It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude.”
-- Derek MahonSource : "Derek Mahon, The Art of Poetry No. 82". Interview with Eamonn Grennan, www.theparisreview.org. Spring 2000.
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers
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Source : Amy Lowell (1955). “Complete poetical works: With an introd. by Louis Untermeyer”
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“For me, the cooking life has been a long love affair, with moments both sublime and ridiculous.”
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“You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can.”
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