Bows Quote by Frank Delaney

The Irish didn't read and write for a couple of thousand years, and I think we developed good memories and recall. We have a…

— Kevin Starr

Memory is a great deceiver: it embroiders until naught is left but the glory and the pleasure.

— Tobsha Learner

“Memory is not a storage place but a story we tell ourselves in retrospect. As such, it is made of storytelling materials: embroidery and…

— Noam Shpancer

It's a great wonder to me, the Irish attachment to our history. What is it but a series of lamentations?

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

I went further and further back through the centuries to get a sense of perspective but now at least I understand why Irish history…

— James D'arcy

Irish people are educated not only about artistry but local history.

— Fiona Shaw

I think it's best for me to kind of just plough on doing whatever interests me, just following my own whims, because otherwise, I…

— Sally Rooney

I think most Irish people are creative. Whether it's music, or dance, or... certainly storytelling is in the blood.

— Genevieve O'Reilly

Remembrance, like Rembrandt, is dark but festive. Remembered ones dress up for the occasion and sit still. Memory is a photo-studio de luxe on…

— Vladimir Nabokov

Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our…

— Isabel Allende

I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too well the…

— Dervla Kirwan

Everything that we inherit, the rain, the skies, the speech, and anybody who works in the English language in Ireland knows that there's the…

— John McGahern