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...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left

...being alone with him was like being in a room which someone had just violently left

John Banville
Rooms, Left
John Banville (2008). “The Sea”, p.83, Pan Macmillan

We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it.

John Banville
Artist, Sentimental, Tough

All I wanted was to be left alone. They abhor a vacuum, other people. You find a quiet corner where you can hunker down in peace, and the next minute there they are, crowding around you in their party hats, tooting their paper whistles in your face and insisting you get up and join in the knees-up.

John Banville
Party, People, Vacuums
John Banville (2011). “Eclipse”, p.145, Pan Macmillan

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