Mary Pat Kelly > Quotes

“Jesus, Mary and Joseph, isn't war the most demented activity ever invented?”
― Mary Pat Kelly, Galway Bay

“The first stone represents the past—worries, bad memories, remorse. Understand?” “I do,” I say. “The second stone stands for the present. The third pebble is a wish for the future.”
― Mary Pat Kelly, Of Irish Blood

“hand. Uncle Patrick and Da went out. “They’ll have a word with him,” Granny said to the woman. “It’s the drink,” the woman said. “The devil gets into him.” Uncle Patrick and Da came back and the woman left with them. “Made him see sense,” Uncle Patrick said to Granny when he and my da returned. “One”
― Mary Pat Kelly, Of Irish Blood

“Usually we duck into one of the tearooms or cafés around Ward’s that have discreet signs in the windows—LADIES WELCOME—because ladies aren’t welcome in most of the bars and restaurants downtown. Still a novelty for women to be out and about working.”
― Mary Pat Kelly, Of Irish Blood