"I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I……" — Colm Toibin

"I lived in the Republic of Ireland. I wrote a book about the North but as an outsider. The hatreds there were not mine. I never felt them. I liked how open in most ways Catalan nationalism was, compared to Irish nationalism. I disliked the violence and cruelty in Ireland."

— Colm Toibin

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