Brendan Behan

What the hell difference does it make, left or right? There were good men lost on both sides. ”

New York is my Lourdes, where I go for spiritual refreshment... a place where you're least likely to be bitten by a wild goat. ”

When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. ”

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. ”

The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream? ”