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“Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra' like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place.”

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“Guilt is a self-indulgence.”

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“I awake. I don’t mean to but clearly I have not appeased the Sleep Gods with enough offerings.”

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It was only when the salt water of my tears ran into my cuts and made them sting that I discovered I was crying.

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I've never made a secret of the fact that I'd have loved to have children.

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