Ireland gubha namuhla UPatrick, iqembu layo elidume kakhulu nelamazwe omhlaba, elihlanganisa umhlaba wonke, umhlaba manje ohlukanisiwe nesitha esingabonakali. Ngakho-ke ngijoyina lo mgubho - kanye nezicelo ezenziwa ngcwele ngcwele ukuze zinikeze isandla - ngokuhlanganiswa kwe imishwana yabanye babhali ababaluleke kakhulu i-irish. Kusuka ezifundweni zakudala njengoJames Joyce, oscar Wilde noma uGeorge Bernard Shaw, edlula ngakwaBram stoker, USamuel Beckett noma u-Iris Murdoch. Futhi ukuqeda abantu besikhathi esifanayo njengoJohn IBanville namaphimbo amasha afana noTana French noma uMarian Izinkinobho.
James Joyce
Isifiso sisishukumisela ukuba sizuze, siqhubekele entweni ethile.
Amaphutha ayimingcele yokutholakala.
Oscar Wilde
Usizi lokuguga akusikho ukuthi umdala, kodwa ukuthi umncane.
Okungajwayelekile kakhulu kulo mhlaba kuyaphila. Iningi labantu likhona, yilokho kuphela.
George Bernard Shaw
Abantu ukuphela kwezilwane engizesaba ngokuphelele futhi ngeqiniso.
Inhliziyo yomuntu wase-Ireland ayilutho nje lomcabango wakhe.
U-Edna O'brien
Imibhalo yinto engcono kakhulu emva kukaNkulunkulu.
Ababhali empeleni bahlala emqondweni nasemahhotela omphefumulo.
U-Iris Murdoch
Uma ingunaphakade liqondakala, hhayi ubude besikhathi obungapheli, kepha ukungabi bikho kwesikhathi, lowo ophila esikhathini samanje uphila ingunaphakade.
Ukubhala kufana nokushada. Umuntu akufanele nanini azinikele kuze kube yilapho emangazwa inhlanhla yakhe.
Elisabeth Bowen
Umona awukho ngaphandle kokuzizwa uwedwa ngokumelene nezitha ezimomothekayo.
I-Ireland yizwe elikhulu ukufa noma ukushada.
UJohn banville
Okwedlule kushaya ngaphakathi kimi njengenhliziyo yesibili.
Imibhalo ingenye yezinto ezisungulwe kakhulu esintwini futhi ingenye yezindlela zobuciko ezihamba phambili.
UMariya kayes
Ukunemba kwezepolitiki kuyinkundla yezimayini.
Ziyini izimpilo kodwa izikhathi zenjabulo ezidlula kancane ezincanyathiselwe umgexo wokuphelelwa yithemba?
Bram Stoker
Sengiwele izilwandle zesikhathi ukukuthola.
Kungale ndlela lapho inkumbulo idlala khona amahlaya ayo, okungcono noma okubi, ukudala injabulo noma ubuhlungu, inhlalakahle noma ukucindezeleka. Lokhu yikho okwenza impilo ibe mnandi futhi ibabale ngasikhathi sinye, futhi lokho esikunikiwe kuba okuphakade.
USamuel Becket
Isono kuphela isono sokuzalwa.
UseMhlabeni. Alikho ikhambi lalokho.
UWilliam Butler Yeats
Iwayini lingena emlonyeni nothando lungena emehlweni; yilokhu kuphela esikwazi ngempela ngaphambi kokuba siguge futhi sife. Ngakho-ke ngiletha ingilazi emlonyeni wami, futhi ngiyakubuka, bese ngiyabubula.
Nyathela ngobumnene ngoba unyathela amaphupho ami.
IsiTana French
Ubaba wake wangitshela ukuthi into ebaluleke kakhulu umuntu wesilisa okufanele ayazi ukuthi kungani ezofa.
Abantu obazi njengentsha, labo ababona izinwele zakho ezingenangqondo nezinto ezihlazo kakhulu owake wazenza, futhi basakukhathalela ngemuva kwakho konke lokho - abakwazi ukubuyiselwa endaweni, uyazi?
UClaire keegan
Enye yezinto engicabanga ukuthi kufanele kube yisikole sokubhala ukudikibala abantu ekutheni babhala malini, futhi ngiyakholelwa impela futhi ngiyakusho.
Ngikholwa ukuthi kunoma yisiphi isizukulwane nakuliphi izwe kunenani elincane kuphela lababhali abahle. Mhlawumbe oyedwa noma ababili esizukulwaneni sami, futhi angicabangi ukuthi izifundo zokubhala ezizothuthukisa ukuvela kwalawo mazwi, noma zizobavimba ukuthi zivele.
Seamus Heaney
Umhlane wakho ulwandle olusempumalanga oluqinile futhi izingalo nemilenze yakho kunweba ngaphezu kwamagquma akho ahamba kancane.
Umhlaba esibeke izindlebe zethu kuwo isikhathi eside ukhishwe isikhumba noma awunaluthando, futhi izibilini zawo zilingwa yibika elibi. Isiqhingi sethu sigcwele imisindo engakhululekile.
USheridan Le Fanu
Uthando olunonya, uthando olungenamqondo lwalungene empilweni yami. Uthando lufuna ukuzidela. Futhi emihlatshelweni igazi ligijima.
Uyongihlulela ngikhohlakele futhi nginobugovu, nginobugovu, kepha khumbula ukuthi uthando luhlala lunjalo Lapho uthando lukhulu kakhulu, luba nobugovu ngokwengeziwe.
Inkulumo ethi, "Sengiwele izilwandle zesikhathi ukukuthola," akuyona i-Bram Stoker, ayiveli kule noveli. NguFrancis Ford Coppola we-movie.