Hubert Butler quotes:

There are no grounds for supposing that one can live a life without pain and sadness, but is it wrong to believe that somehow, somewhere, this is possible?

Goodness often blossoms like roses on very rickety trellis-work, and beauty can grow out of nonsense.

Where life is fully and consciously lived in our own neighborhood, we are cushioned a little from the impact of great far-off events which should be of only marginal concern to us.