Brian Friel Quotes

• To remember everything is a form of madness.

  Brian Friel

  Remembers Everything, Madness, Remember

  Brian Friel, Csilla Bertha, Mária Kurdi (2006). “Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry: "the Work Has Value"”, p.215, Peter Lang

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• It is not the literal past, the 'facts' of history, that shape us, but images of the past embodied in language.

  Brian Friel

  Past, Shapes, Facts

  Brian Friel, Paul Delaney (2000). “Brian Friel in conversation”, Univ of Michigan Pr

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• The Troubles are a pigmentation in our lives here, a constant irritation that detracts from real life. But life has to do with something else as well, and it's the other things which are the more permanent and real.

  Brian Friel

  Real, Irritation, Trouble

  Brian Friel, Paul Delaney (2000). “Brian Friel in Conversation”, p.227, University of Michigan Press

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• People with a culture of poverty suffer much less from repression than we of the middle class suffer and indeed, if I may make the suggestion with due qualification, they often have a hell of a lot more fun than we have.

  Brian Friel

  Fun, Class, People

  Brian Friel (2016). “Brian Friel: Collected Plays - Volume 2: The Freedom of the City; Volunteers; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations”, p.41, Faber & Faber

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• Confusion is not an ignoble condition

  Brian Friel

  Confusion, Ignoble, Conditions

  Brian Friel (2013). “Brian Friel Plays 1: Philadelphia, Here I Come!; The Freedom of the City; Living Quarters; Aristocrats; Faith Healer; Translations”, p.393, Faber & Faber

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• Even if I did speak Irish, I’d always be considered an outsider here, wouldn’t I? I may learn the password but the language of the tribe will always elude me, won’t it? The private core will always be ...hermetic, won’t it?

  Brian Friel

  May, Outsiders, Tribes

  Brian Friel, Csilla Bertha, Mária Kurdi (2006). “Brian Friel's Dramatic Artistry: "the Work Has Value"”, p.100, Peter Lang

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