“No lad who has liberty for the first time, and twenty guineas in his...” – Narrator, Barry Lyndon ... Movie Quotes Database

No lad who has liberty for the first time, and twenty guineas in his pocket, is very sad, and Barry rode towards Dublin thinking not so much of the kind mother left alone, and of the home behind him, but of tomorrow, and all the wonders it would bring.

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