Cora Harrison > Quotes

“James Connolly, 1916:

'The worker is the slave of capitalist society: the female worker is the slave of that slave.”
― Cora Harrison

“She suppressed a grin.”
― Cora Harrison, My Lady Judge

“Cáin Adomnáin (The Law of Adomnán) A man must not touch a woman against her will. Even if rape does not occur, there are still penalties to be paid: For touching a woman inside her girdle: ten ounces of silver or ten milch cows For kissing a woman against her will: the full honour-price of her father or husband For shaming a woman by lifting her dress: six ounces of silver or six milch cows”
― Cora Harrison, Eye of the Law

“Well, I don’t mind being cold, I don’t mind being wet, I don’t mind being sick, I don’t mind being in danger of my life. It’s just all these things coming together that put me off going to Aran,’ returned Donán.”
― Cora Harrison, Deed of Murder

“St. Thomas Aquinas, she knew, was reputed to say that he feared the man who had just one book, and she understood what he meant about the narrowness of outlook that could give. However, she thought, perhaps a man with one well-loved book might be a more rounded individual than the man who possessed hundreds and never opened any of them.”
― Cora Harrison, A Shameful Murder

“Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody is under the frightful necessity of becoming first a thief and then a corpse.’ Thomas More (1474–1535), student at Lincoln’s Inn from 1496–1500”
― Cora Harrison, Laws in Conflict

“You’ve been trying to pretend to be a boy; you’ve sensed, rightly or wrongly, that your father would have preferred to have a boy, but there is nothing superior about being a boy. You be yourself, a beautiful woman with brains and knowledge, and be glad to be yourself. Then you will have a happy life.”
― Cora Harrison, Eye of the Law