“Mary had the same face as ma used to have sitting staring into the ashes it was funny that face it slowly grew over the other one until one day you looked and the person you knew was gone. And… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“Mary had the same face as ma used to have sitting staring into the ashes it was funny that face it slowly grew over… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“Bye Bye , Father,' I said as the confessional door clicked shut behind me, 'Ah's' eyes following me, wondering, I suppose, what He'd been… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
When I am at my work each day In the fields so fresh and green I often think of riches and the way things… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“I wanted to stop talking about the whole thing. I wanted to talk about the hide and the old days and hacking at the… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“Ah I see, says Father Dom with his two thumbs like dwarfs doing an old-time waltz in and out of his little black buttons.” — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“Oh now now he says that's all over you must forget all about that next week your solitary finishes how about that hmm? I… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
All the beautiful things in this world are lies. They count for nothing in the end. — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“You'll have to learn to forgive," he said. "For if you don't, you know what will happen?" "What, Doctor?" I croaked, for my outburst… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“All of a sudden I looked at him with his rosy cheeks and the two silver snots at his nose and what did I… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“I don't know if he was English but he spoke like it. He said good afternoon when everybody else said hardy weather or she… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
