John Banville Quote

Manners and politeness will never become old-fashioned.

Sacrifice of the self is sheer stupidity if sacrifice is not for the self.

Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.

We live in a society where mutual respect and appreciation should be considered one of the pillars of modern life.

The 10 ever greatest misplacements in life:1. Leadership without character.2. Followership without servant-being.3. Brotherhood without integrity.4. Affluence without wisdom.5. Authority without consc...

You can lead if you can serve. You can serve when you can love. You can love when you are graced. The truth is that God knows love will be needed in volumes, this is why he made his grace abundant. Le...

Never annoy an inspirational author or you will become the poison in her pen and the villian in every one of her books.

Don't bother to ring a bell in the ear that doesn't listen. Move to another ear, and if he doesn't listen to your bell, sit back and listen to his nemesis.

...because there's a secret order. The books, you can't place them random. The other day I put Cervantes next to Tolstoj.And I thought, if close to Anna Karenina we have Don Quixote, sure the latter w...

The worst part of writing is meeting all these great new characters and having no one to talk about (the adventures you share with) them.