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> [“And if ever you wanted to quit your impatient girl truly, and our little story had to be stored away in a room that's only sometimes remembered, that's still a room I'd want, and I'd go there now and again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/and-if-ever-you-wanted-to-quit-your-impatient-girl-truly-and-our/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

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## More by Joseph O'Connor

> [It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/it-is-not-a-matter-of-ends-justifying-means-but-of-the-creation-of/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“The English possessed as many words for stealing as the Irish had for seaweed or guilt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/the-english-possessed-as-many-words-for-stealing-as-the-irish-had-for/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“That each man is the sum of his choices is nothing less than the truth. And each, perhaps, is also something else.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/that-each-man-is-the-sum-of-his-choices-is-nothing-less-than-the/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“...but as his father used to say when he had a few drinks taken, you couldn't expect bloody miracles when you were talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/but-as-his-father-used-to-say-when-he-had-a-few-drinks-taken-you/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [The most important thing I would learn in school was that almost everything I would learn in school would be utterly useless. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/the-most-important-thing-i-would-learn-in-school-was-that-almost/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“They had far more in common than either realised. One was born Catholic, the other Protestant. One was born Irish, the other British. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/they-had-far-more-in-common-than-either-realised-one-was-born/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/dublin-was-turning-into-disneyland-with-super-pubs-a-purgatory-open/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/the-short-story-is-a-form-that-has-all-the-power-of-the-novel-some/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“And if ever you wanted to quit your impatient girl truly, and our little story had to be stored away in a room that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/and-if-ever-you-wanted-to-quit-your-impatient-girl-truly-and-our/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [“Happy as a threaded needle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/happy-as-a-threaded-needle/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/i-feel-these-days-like-a-very-large-flamingo-no-matter-what-way-i/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [Everything is in the way the material is composed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/everything-is-in-the-way-the-material-is-composed/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/politics-the-polite-word-for-antediluvian-prejudices-the-rags-put-on/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [There is nothing worse than the ambitions of a talentless person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/there-is-nothing-worse-than-the-ambitions-of-a-talentless-person/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

> [If you do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. If what you are doing is not working, do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-connor/if-you-do-what-you-ve-always-done-you-ll-always-get-what-you-ve/)

[Joseph O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-connor/)

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