“Gabriel, the man she might have tied the knot with except that it was not meant to be. Putting memories to sleep,… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin — Edna O'Brien Communion Copy Share Image
“it would bring good luck. It was a silverfish with gold-threaded scales and when she put it in the palm of my… — Edna O'Brien Good luck Copy Share Image
Books everywhere. On the shelves and on the small space above the rows of books and all along the floor and under… — Edna O'Brien Book Copy Share Image
“like a bell at the interval in the theater, and we all stood up and formed an orderly line to go in… — Edna O'Brien Last minute Copy Share Image
I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don't trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. — Edna O'Brien Between Copy Share Image
Wherever there were horses or ponies the mushrooms always sprang up. — Edna O'Brien Horse Copy Share Image
“I had clung to the fable of the Steppenwolf, believing that his redemption would also become mine.” — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“That was Gabriel. I’d wronged him and he paid me back. I’d been told that he was going with another girl when… — Edna O'Brien Two friends Copy Share Image
I have some women friends but I prefer men. Dont trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. — Edna O'Brien Built Copy Share Image
After that dark woman you search for someone who will fit into the irregular corners of your heart. — Edna O'Brien Dark Copy Share Image
Life, after all, was a secret with the self. The more one gave out, the less there remained for the center--that center… — Edna O'Brien Cherries Copy Share Image
“lunch parties that the missus had for her girlfriends. Mamie and Gertie and Peg and Eunice. They were forever saying each other’s… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“It is impossible to capture the essence of love in writing, only its symptoms remain, the erotic absorption, the huge disparity between… — Edna O'Brien Love Copy Share Image
“My friends I tell you this, we are a jolly group but put us in uniform and all that change. In war… — Edna O'Brien Brothers Copy Share Image
“Silage making is more practical than saving hay. When you watch an animal die you think how sad it must be to… — Edna O'Brien Best day Copy Share Image
“remember love is all bull, the only true love is that between mother and child.” — Edna O'Brien Children Copy Share Image
“Dilly, do not ever forget your own people.” My brother came with me to wait for the mail car. He took off… — Edna O'Brien Fear Copy Share Image
“Chrissie tried all the chairs, the armchairs, the high chairs, the spindle-back chairs, “Is that apple wood, is that tulip wood, is… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is… — Edna O'Brien Lasts Copy Share Image
It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling… — Edna O'Brien Bureaucracy Copy Share Image
