“ … in these new days and in these new pages a philosophical tradition of the spontaneity of speculation kind has been rekindled on the sacred isle of Éire, regardless of its creative custodian never ha… Richard McSweeney
“ Yes, I just…” Should I be honest and sound like a complete loser? Oh why the hell not? “I have not had a kiss like that in a while.” I licked my lips.He looked me dead in the eye. “Good.” A wave of si… Nicole Castro
“ This book tells my story. I’m writing it in Ireland, in a house on a hillside. The house sits low in the landscape between a holy well and the site of an Iron Age dwelling. It was built of stones plou… Felicity Hayes-McCoy
“ I think, generally speaking, that children have a knack for picking up curse words. Having said that, my brother and I (although admittedly, it was I who displayed a higher level of fluency) took to c… J.P. Sexton
“ Don't become a grumpy old dater! Life ids for living, laughing and loving!Stop searching, start finding! Siggy Buckley
“ From one small spark a bushfire grows.Sellers of misery are our foes.Merging ruthlessly tongues of flame.Point your finger at those to blame. Paul Anthony
“ Finn stood abruptly. "We need to follow 'em." "But aren't they followin' us? If we go after them, the five of us will be goin' around in circles. Ashlyn Chase
“ And lucky indeed is the writer who has grown up in Ireland, for the English spoken there is so amusing and musical. (“How to Write with Style”. Essay, 1985) Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
“ She drank in the sight of him, the power, the virility, the sheer sexiness. She knew just how well those lips of his kissed, how gentle and coaxing his hands could be, and how mouth-watering his body… Donna Grant
“ I would’ve loved to return to me home of Ireland, but Joshua never made the bloody pikes he was flogged for. Sharon Robards
“ Up and down' is Irish for anything at all--from crying into the dishes to full-blown psychosis. Though, now that I think about, a psychotic is more usually 'not quite herself'. Anne Enright
“ Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul. Pádraic Pearse
“ An cinniúnt, is dócha: féach an féileacán úd thall atá ag foluain os cionn mo choinnle. Ní fada go loiscfear a sciatháin mhaiseacha: cá bhfios dúinne nach bhfuil a fhios sin aige, freisin? Pádraic Ó Conaire
“ I turned on the water then returned to the door jamb. “That’s not fair, you’re nice and clean.”“I am?” He took a few steps toward me.“Aren’t you?”“No,” he scowled and shook his head. “I’m dirty. But y… Nicole Castro
“ The best thing about flying first class....was that you could be as nutty as a fruitcake and were still treated like the Queen of Sheba. Sarah-Kate Lynch
“ When I come out on the road of a morning, when I have had a night's sleep and perhaps a breakfast, and the sun lights a hill on the distance, a hill I know I shall walk across an hour or two thence, a… Frank Delaney
