Deirdre

“It’s in the paper. They’re not allowed to print it if it isn’t true. Everybody knows that.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Deccie Must Die

“(did you know that 80 per cent of clothing returns are never resold by brands? It’s cheaper to bin them than use employee time to check they’re not damaged).”
― Leena Norms, Half-Arse Human: How to Live Better Without Burning Out

“Before last night, Deccie, like everyone else in Ireland, had slagged off Bono. Damn bleeding-heart do-gooder. Tax-dodging so-and-so. He didn’t do enough; he did too much. The new music was shite; the old music was shite. The new way they played the old music was shite. Say what you wanted about the fella, he provided an invaluable service in being somebody everybody could hate, even if it was for reasons that were diametrically opposed.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Deccie Must Die

“For in every adult there dwells the child that was, and in every child there lies the adult that will be.”
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things