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> [“I wanted to stop talking about the whole thing. I wanted to talk about the hide and the old days and hacking at the ice and whose turn it was to toss the marble and all that, that was what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/i-wanted-to-stop-talking-about-the-whole-thing-i-wanted-to-talk-about/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

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## More by Patrick McCabe

> [“There he is - gone! as they say in Tyreelin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/there-he-is-gone-as-they-say-in-tyreelin/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“Mary had the same face as ma used to have sitting staring into the ashes it was funny that face it slowly grew over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/mary-had-the-same-face-as-ma-used-to-have-sitting-staring-into-the/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/bye-bye-father-i-said-as-the-confessional-door-clicked-shut-behind-me/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [When I am at my work each day In the fields so fresh and green I often think of riches and the way things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/when-i-am-at-my-work-each-day-in-the-fields-so-fresh-and-green-i/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“I wanted to stop talking about the whole thing. I wanted to talk about the hide and the old days and hacking at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/i-wanted-to-stop-talking-about-the-whole-thing-i-wanted-to-talk-about/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“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.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/ah-i-see-says-father-dom-with-his-two-thumbs-like-dwarfs-doing-an-old/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/oh-now-now-he-says-that-s-all-over-you-must-forget-all-about-that/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [All the beautiful things in this world are lies. They count for nothing in the end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/all-the-beautiful-things-in-this-world-are-lies-they-count-for/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/you-ll-have-to-learn-to-forgive-he-said-for-if-you-don-t-you-know/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“Although I'm afraid I don't get too many clients these days!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/although-i-m-afraid-i-don-t-get-too-many-clients-these-days/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“All of a sudden I looked at him with his rosy cheeks and the two silver snots at his nose and what did I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/all-of-a-sudden-i-looked-at-him-with-his-rosy-cheeks-and-the-two/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-mccabe/i-don-t-know-if-he-was-english-but-he-spoke-like-it-he-said-good/)

[Patrick McCabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-mccabe/)

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