Peacebuilding Quote by Gabrielle Evans

“Irish. I should have known it. Such a gift of gab you’ve got, and all the charm in the world.”

— Nora Roberts

“There's no sense to being Irish unless you know the world's going to break your heart.”

— Thomas Adcock

“...to be Irish is to know the world will break your heart before you are thirty.”

— Virginia Henley

“If you ask an Irishman for directions, he might be quick to answer, Well if I were going there, I would not start here.”

— Steve Stockman

“All the same, she wondered if they did know what she thought and felt, if they knew without knowing, in that way the Irish…

— Benjamin Black

“May your neighbors respect you, Trouble neglect you, The angels protect you, And heaven accept you. Irish blessing”

— Janice Thompson

“May you get all your wishes but one, So you always have something to strive for. Irish blessing”

— Janice Thompson

“It is one of their beauties, the Irish, the way they crush and expand the language all at once How they mangle it and…

— Colum McCann

“Do you ever feel that everything would be okay, if only you had an Irish accent?”

— Graham Parke

“May your troubles be less And your blessings be more And nothing but happiness Come through your door. Irish blessing”

— Janice Thompson

“Here’s a nice Irish saying for you: May neighbors respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.”

— Kathryn Shay

“We survive. We're Irish. We have the souls of poets. We love our misery, we delight in the beauty of strange places and dark…

— Eilis Flynn