Derek Mahon Professions : PoetBorn : November 23, 1941Died : November 23, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Derek Mahon It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude. Derek Mahon weirdnesscommunitysolitude At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime Derek Mahon ridiculoussublimeheart The little things that you saw with a child’s eye and that will never go away. That’s what consciousness is all about. Derek Mahon going-awayeyechildren Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poetAll Authors
