The writer's task is to observe, to remember, and to imagine... - Seán Ó Faoláin

"The writer's task is to observe, to remember, and to imagine—always with an eye toward truth."

Seán Ó Faoláin Literature

Novelist Irish 1900–1991

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"Life is not a problem to be solved but a reality to be experienced."

"The writer's job is to tell the truth."

"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something people take."

"We are dying from lack of wonder, not from lack of wonders."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."