John Banville Quote

Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but generated out of the imagination.


John Banville on the birth of his dark twin, Benjamin Black (2011)


Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but...

Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but...

Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but...

Certain moments remain in the mind with such force and clearness that one suspects they must be invented; that they are not held in the memory but...