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“The one thing Andrew couldn't do for his son was to protect him from what he himself was, from the strange evolution and deep grief of his own life.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“I suppose what's similar about being on actor and being a priest is a certain perception of time. Eternity is a priest's business. But we all live in time. And what I'm doing is trying to make people aware of how the two coexist. That's what religion is, keeping that sense of eternity while being in time; trying to live accordingly. The Kingdom of God is here, now. That's what that's all about.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“I had been here during heavy rain, the kind of rain that becomes pleasurable to watch because it makes of the house of a haven. The rooms in which one moves become a world apart from the wet streets, the sodden garden.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Rejection only made the attachment stronger. I realized that the impossibility of connection was a driving force behind his desire.”
― Deirdre Madden