“But why would they do that? What is to be asked? He was a man who sees into things -- very ordinary things. A hat left on the floor of a café in Kingstown, a proverb overheard, an old fisherman… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is not a matter of ends justifying means: but of the creation of new means and new ends. — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
“The English possessed as many words for stealing as the Irish had for seaweed or guilt.” — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
“That each man is the sum of his choices is nothing less than the truth. And each, perhaps, is also something else.” — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
“...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… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
The most important thing I would learn in school was that almost everything I would learn in school would be utterly useless. When I… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
“They had far more in common than either realised. One was born Catholic, the other Protestant. One was born Irish, the other British. But… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
Dublin was turning into Disneyland with super-pubs, a Purgatory open till five in the morning. — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none of the… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
“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… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
I feel these days like a very large flamingo. No matter what way I turn, there is always a very large bill. — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
Politics' the polite word for antediluvian prejudices, the rags put on by enmity and tribal resentment. — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
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… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share
