Books Quote by Derrick Jensen

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears.

— Nora Roberts

Although my father's mother, Nancy, has dementia, and her experiences gave me ideas for some of the scenes in the book, it was my…

— Emma Healey

“on the morning of the best day of her life, Maude Flynn was locked in the outhouse singing 'the Battle Hymn of the Republic”

— Laura Amy Schlitz

Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter.

— Flannery O'Connor

I really got into Gaelic music and the whole sound of it, and I got to go to Scotland.

— Rhiannon Giddens

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own…

— Thomas Campbell

“I was going to write a happy poem, but then I watched a Scottish drama.”

— Kelvin Fowler

Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them. Tunes for…

— Nora Roberts

The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.

— Anonymous

James Joyce's English was based on the rhythm of the Irish language. He wrote things that shocked English language speakers but he was thinking…

— Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh

Irish artists have a tradition of being very heavily engaged in what is happening in their own society. So it was important that they…

— Sinead O'Connor

“Ah, kiss me, love, and miss me, love, and dry your bitter tears. (Irish Pub Song)”

— Nora Roberts