Erin’s Reviews > Migrations > Status Update

“I love them even before I've learned their names. Maybe it's their Irish-ness, their familiarity. Maybe it's the fabulousness of their sameness, or the strangeness of it.”

“There's something gentle in his eyes as he looks at me. "What makes a
young thing like you so tired of life!"
When I don't answer he hugs me. I am so surprised that I don't remember to return the embrace. There are very few people, in my understanding of the world, who offer tenderness so freely.”

“If I were capable of staying any place, it might be here. But the birds won't stay, and neither will I.”