Claire

“Beyond these shores, whenever two or more Irishmen are gathered together, everything almost can be done.”
― Tim Egan, The Immortal Irishman: Thomas Meager and the Invention of Irish America

“From the earliest age, we must learn to say good-bye to friends and family. We see our parents and siblings off at the station; we visit cousins, attend schools, join the regiment; we marry or travel abroad. It is part of the human experience that we are constantly gripping a good fellow by the shoulders and wishing him well, taking comfort from the notion that we will hear word of him soon enough.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow