Andrew O'Hagan Quotes

When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale.

Andrew O'Hagan

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• When I look back at my childhood on the Ayrshire coast, I recall a basic devotion to the idea that human nature and national character are as unknowable as the weather's rationale.

  

  Andrew O'Hagan
  • Character
  • Nature
  • Childhood