Quotes by Hugo Hamilton

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“Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.”

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“Maybe your country is only a place you make up in your own mind. Something you dream about and sing about. Maybe it's not a place on the map at all, but just a story full of people you meet and pla...”
— Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
anchoring attachment belonging country

“People say you're born innocent, but it's not true. You inherit all kinds of things that you can do nothing about. You inherit your identity, your history, like a birthmark that you can't wash off....”
— Hugo Hamilton, The Sailor in the Wardrobe
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“Maybe you have to live under cover for a while before you can find your true character.”
— Hugo Hamilton, The Sailor in the Wardrobe
character growth identity self-discovery

“-Nobody can force you to smile, she says. -What? I ask. But I know she's not even talking to me, only to herself, as if she's the last person left in the room. -They can make you show your teeth, b...”
— Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
honesty smile true

“One day, my father said there was nothing outside infinity. He said the universe was like a cardboard box with God sitting outside surrounded by light, but I wanted to know if maybe God was sitting...”
— Hugo Hamilton, The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood
god infinity universe

“He said you have to be on the side of the losers, the people with bad lungs. You have to be with those who are homesick and can't breathe very well in Ireland. He said it makes no sense to hold a s...”
— Hugo Hamilton
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