

“In Ireland there’s no such thing as bad weather ~~~ only the wrong clothes.”
― In the Company of Others
― In the Company of Others

“...weary of k knowing too much and understanding too little.”
― Home to Holly Springs
― Home to Holly Springs

“Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain, th' way I see it. For too many years, I ate fancy, I dressed fancy, I talked fancy. A while back, I decided to start talkin' th' way I was raised t' talk, and for th' first time in forty years, I can understand what I'm sayin'.”
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“The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.”
― At Home in Mitford
― At Home in Mitford

“Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.”
― At Home in Mitford
― At Home in Mitford
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