Catherine

“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.”
― Edna O'Brien

“To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart.”
― Daniel Patrick Moynihan

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“That's the problem with drinking, I thought, as I poured myself a drink. If something bad happens you drink in an attempt to forget; if something good happens you drink in order to celebrate; and if nothing happens you drink to make something happen.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women