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John McGahern

"I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor."

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"I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor."

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"Love is the ultimate power. Never forget to use it to win over your enemies."

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"We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they were real places."
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"Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the dead ghost of Gaelic in the language we use and listen to and that those things will reflect our Irish identity."
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"I used to take five or six books away and bring five or six books back. Nobody gave me direction or advice and I read much in the way that a boy might watch television."
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"My father was very outwardly religious."
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