George A. Moore Quotes | Beyond Motive

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George A. Moore, an Irish novelist and playwright, captured the essence of Irish life and culture in his evocative prose and vivid characters. His works, including "A Drama in Muslin" and "Esther Waters," explore themes of love, desire, and social upheaval with sensitivity and insight, earning him recognition as a leading figure in Irish literature.

"Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell."

Emotion, Feeling, Heaven, Hell

"Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism."

Man, Plagiarism

"Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?"

"The difficulty in life is the choice."

Life, Choice, Difficulty

"A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it."

Home, Man, Needs, World

"The wrong way always seems the more reasonable."

"Art must be parochial in the beginning to be cosmopolitan in the end."

Art, Beginning, End

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