“But it was always thus with Irishmen. Never, since the start of the world, has one of them taken a woman's sensible advice when there was foolish counsel available from his male friends.” — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“But it was always thus with Irishmen. Never, since the start of the world, has one of them taken a woman's sensible advice when… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“And there, on that road, that very minute, he started to play - the most lonesome music that them priests ever in their lives… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“And he got going from there to America. Worked his passage, I s'pose, like a lot more. And I heard he did well in America, too. Got married there. Had a family. But never came back. And you know why? 'Cause if he did, if he ever set foot in Ireland again, you know who'd be waiting for him, don't… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share
“Things most oft bad begun most oft get worse, as a wise man once said.” — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“There'll be no more music, Father. But there'll be this!" He stepped into the dark, picked up the knife, and held it under their… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“Thus Betty scraped through a second bitter crisis, one that might have shattered a character more brittle. But she had grown sharp as bile… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“Who're them?" says he to the curate. "Them are the fallen angels," says the curate. They had a human form, no wings. God took… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
“For no matter whether the fairies are seen metaphorically or as real beings inhabiting their own real world, a study of them shows us… — Eddie Lenihan Copy Share Image
