A critical discourse that had respect for the mystery of art would look to the sense of life which finds expression in paradox, metaphor, tautology, and syntax.

If there is a distinctive Irish experience, it is one of division, exacerbated by the fact that division in a country so small seems perverse. But the scale doesn't matter.

The truth of art consists in its power to break the monopoly that those in power exercise by defining what is real.

Knowing that language has done so much, we want to believe that it can do everything.

Through engagement with others, literature lets us imagine what it would be like to be differe.

There is no good reason to suppose that whatever can be felt can be expressed in words, or indeed in any articulate form.

Believing is seeing" is much more effective for me than the old notion that seeing is believing.

Gray hairs signify old age, not wisdom.Muscles signify strength, not health.Laughter signifies amusement, not joy.Weeping signifies pain, not weakness.Smiling signifies courteousness, not love.

The dark side is emotion, Bane. Anger, hate, love, lust. These are what make us strong, Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Your passion is still there, Bane. Seek it out. Reclaim it.

All the stories live in our bodies, he thinks. Every last one.

What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.

Me and my dog are best friends.

What is needed is to learn afresh, to observe, and to discover for ourselves the meaning of wholeness.

If wishes were stories, beggars would read.

The liberals are fighting so hard whenever President Bush appoints any federal judges.

Energy Policy will be and should be driven by environmental policy in the future.