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“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

“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 realise that a certain school of thought says that who we are is something we construct for ourselves. We build our self out of what we think we remember.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday

“Sometimes the most important and powerful element is an absence, a lack, a burnished space in your mind that glows and aches as you try to fill it.”
― Deirdre Madden, Molly Fox's Birthday