Quotes.cx
  • Home
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Quote of the Day
  • Home
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Quote of the Day
  • Home
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Quote of the Day
  • Top 100 Quotes
  • Professions
  • Nationalities

Pat Barker Quotes

    • Israelmore Ayivor
    • Lailah Gifty Akita
    • Sunday Adelaja
    • Mokokoma Mokhonoana
    • Steven Magee
    • Craig D. Lounsbrough
    • Matshona Dhliwayo
    • Shannon L. Alder
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Save us on Pinterest
  • Follow us on X
  • British-AuthorMay 08, 1943
  • British-Author
  • May 08, 1943
Obvious choices for the east window: the two bloody bargains on which civilization claimed to be based. The bargain, Rivers though, looking at Abraham and Isaac. The one on which all patriarchal societies were founded. If you, who are young and strong, will obey me, who am old and weak, even to the extent of being prepared to sacrifice your life, then in the course of time you will peacefully inherit, and be able to exact the same obedience from your sons. Only we’re breaking the bargain, Rivers thought. All over northern France, at this very moment, in trenches and dugouts and flooded shell-holes, the inheritors were dying, not one by one, while old men, and women of all ages, gathered together and sang hymns.
Pat Barker
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's needed to do the job. By any proper civilized standard (but what does that mean now?) we are objects of horror. But our nerves are completely steady. And we are still alive.
Pat Barker

Quotes.CX

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
  • DMCA

Site Links

  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Quote Of The Day
  • Top 100 Quotes
  • Professions
  • Nationalities

Authors in the News

  • Abhijit Naskar
  • Shannon L. Alder
  • Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  • Michael Bassey Johnson
  • Germany Kent
  • Susan C.Young
  • Deyth Banger
  • Mehmet Murat ildan
  • Amit Kalantri
  • Debasish Mridha
Quotes.cx
  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Save us on Pinterest
  • Follow us on Youtube
  • Follow us on X

@2024 Quotes.CX All rights reserved