Celia Barry

“The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.”
― Joseph Joubert

“Nana didn’t say much, just a few judicious wisecracks. Hmm. You’ll have to either get a smaller arse or a bigger skirt, Eileen.”
― Donal Ryan, The Queen of Dirt Island

“Time was being served behind the walls of Newgate jail, and wasted by philosophers in cafes on the Strand; it was lost by those who wished the past were present, and loathed by those who wished the present past. Oranges and lemons rang the chimes of St Clement’s, and Westminster’s division bell was dumb.”
― Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent

“I stand at the window looking out, trying to remember the truths that nature always brings home. That what lies before me is not all
there is. That time is ever passing, and not only when I notice. That strife and pain are no more unexpected than pleasure and joy. That merely by breathing I belong to the eternal.”
― Margaret Renkl, The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year