Clergyman's

She smiled to prove everything was all right. It was an odd device, this rearrangement of muscles of the face which said everything is all right. No need to enquire within. It could be used as a barrier to fend off emotional intruders.
- Bernard MacLaverty

INTERVIEWER: And how do you see the future?
PROFUNDO: I wait for it to come and then look at it .
- Bernard MacLaverty

Stella was telling the clerk that there was a Catholic church in the heart of the red-light district called 'Our Dear Lord in the Attic'. ""Would there be Mass there?""
""No, I do not think so."" The clerk shook his head. ""It is now a museum.""
""All religion should be in museums,"" Gerry said.
- Bernard MacLaverty

Stella was telling the clerk that there was a Catholic church in the heart of the red-light district called 'Our Dear Lord in the Attic'. ""Would there be Mass there?""
""No, I do not think so."" The clerk shook his head. ""It is now a museum.""
""All religion should be in museums,"" Gerry said.
- Bernard MacLaverty

Neil offered his arm as she lowered herself from the step to the ground.
""What a polite young man.""
""That's my mother's fault.
- Bernard MacLaverty

On a slippery slope the only way was down.
- Bernard MacLaverty

Steady as a three-legged stool.
- Bernard MacLaverty

Steady as a three-legged stool.
- Bernard MacLaverty

I wish I was artistic,"" said Liz, ""then I could be temperamental.
- Bernard MacLaverty

The island kids had TV, radio. Their remote surroundings were seen as a deprivation, not something to be enjoyed. They felt cut off from the mainstream. To be on an island was a source of discontent, not as good as the mainland.
- Bernard MacLaverty