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George Mackay Brown Quotes

In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

George Mackay Brown
Scotland, People, Stories
George Mackay Brown (1990). “George Mackay Brown: fiction - poetry - reviews : Stewart Conn, Tom Scott, Luis Ceruuda”

Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.

George Mackay Brown
Men, Wind, Stories

The first few glasses of beer were a revelation; they flushed my veins with happiness; they washed away all cares and shyness and worries. I remember thinking to myself, If I could have two pints of beer every afternoon, life would be a great happiness.

George Mackay Brown
Beer, Thinking, Two

Old wisdom out of the cluster of gathering shadows.

George Mackay Brown
Shadow, Gathering, Old Wisdom

As soon as the seal was clear of the water, it reared up and its skin slipped down to the sand. What had been a seal was a white-skinned boy

George Mackay Brown
Boys, White, Water
George Mackay Brown (1977). “Pictures in the cave”

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