Máirtín Ó Cadhain > Quotes

“The best literary device I got from my people was their talk, rough, earthy, salty speech that starts dancing on me sometimes, crying on me other times whether I like it or not.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain

“Çalışayım, didineyim derken kendimi öldürdüm. . .”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

“The eyes of the children are magicked by the toys that fall out of the wondrous garden of innocence.”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

“When I die, I would sleep peacefully, I would not have to work, I would not think about the house or the weather, I would finally rest... Where did this velvet come from in the graveyard ground?”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

“Öldüğümde huzur içinde yatarım, çalışmam gerekmez, evi veya havayı düşünmem, nihayet dinlenirim diyordum. . . Mezarlık toprağında bu velvele nereden çıktı?”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain, The Dirty Dust: Cré na Cille

“– Божечки! Муред! Муред! Ты слышишь? Я лопну! Я лопну, Муред! Лопну, Муред! Дочь Норы Шонинь… Сто двадцать фунтов… Приданого… В моем доме… Я лопну! Лопну! Ой, лопну! Лопн… я … лоп… я … лоп… я … ло…”
― Máirtín Ó Cadhain