“She had come to accept, deeply, and with certitude, that she had been born into a world, a life, that would not let her be whole.”
― Tigana
― Tigana
“We’re born alone and we die alone, I accept that. But why, God, do we have to be alone in the middle?”
― 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War
― 1921: The Great Novel of the Irish Civil War
“Everything hurts, Fergal. All the time. Start with that and life won't be able to disappoint you.”
― Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
― Grania: She-King of the Irish Seas
“There are so many stories, she thinks, and most of them end up lost.”
― River of Stars
― River of Stars
“By things so achingly small are lives measured and marred.”
― Tigana
― Tigana
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