“She said it was no use waiting for trust to come to you fully formed, and then go and create a life and home together; you just had to start living with the person you loved best, and trust would build over time.”

“Still, we've attempted to argue when necessary; you've got to be able to let loose and even lose your temper a bit if you're finding it hard to breathe. Closeness has to be like running water; it mustn't stagnate and sour.”

“That’s not Eire. Everyone always thinks that, but we’re not shamrocks and wee men. You should know the difference.”

“Let Your Imagination Take Flight”

“I think that home shouldn't be a place you need to leave if you want to experience something in consonance with your innermost being. Home should be a place of experimentation and discovery, a place of peace and quiet where the most natural in each individual can be developed in fine-tuning to the desires and searches of others.”

“I always dream of it: that something will open my eyes, and open everything inside me as well.”

“Will we always find faults with our accommodations because of the turmoil in our own hearts?”

“I find it quite incredible how much peace and quiet a person actually needs in order to devote himself entirely to his thoughts.”

“You mustn't bury yourself alive, forget to rise up, or bind yourself to the dust in melancholy surrender.”

“She said it was no use waiting for trust to come to you fully formed, and then go and create a life and home together; you just had to start living with the person you loved best, and trust would build over time.”

“And there, on that road, that very minute, he started to play - the most lonesome music that them priests ever in their lives heard. It brought water out o' their teeth, so it did.”