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    Buddha has covered the walls of the great temple
    With the vegetative speed of his imagery
    —Denis Devlin (1908–1959)

    I got quite bored, serving in the bar. Since I was there, the customers wouldn’t talk about women, and with half their subject matter denied them, it was: horses, silence; horses, silence.
    —Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)

    Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I’ve allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom.
    —Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)