6 quotes found
“The weapon of memory, turned on the self, is an apocalyptic sword.”
“She's always loved writers, even more than the books I think. They're like personal friends to her.”
“Where would we be without it, memory? Well, it'll never die here. Never in this country. We feed it too well.”
“And if I was bewildered through those decades, totally bewildered, so was the country I came from. The majority, what was the phrase? 'Condemn utterly what is happening, this barbarity.' But that's...”
“When boys called Bob and Bono would bring their own wild-rhythm celebration and the world would fall down in worshipful hallelujahs as it again acknowledged Ireland's capacity to create missionarie...”
“I want to know what's wrong with loving someone for life? Even when they're dead? What exactly is wrong with that? Why should I put him away, out of my mind? Like he's out of fashion. Does no one l...”
