"Ireland" Quotes
"Ireland" by Frank Delaney follows a wandering storyteller who weaves the myths, legends, and history of Ireland into the coming-of-age journey of a young boy named Ronan O'Mara.
historical fiction | 651 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
I am Ireland. I am older than the Old Woman of Beare. Whoever sets foot on Irish soil, becomes part of me.
Ireland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.
In Ireland, the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs.
The Irish don't know what they want and are prepared to fight to the death to get it.
In Ireland, you go to someone's house, and she asks you if you want a cup of tea. You say no, thank you, you're really just fine. She asks if you're sure. You say of course you're sure, really, you don't need a thing. Except they pronounce it ting. You don't need a ting. Well, she says then, I was going to get myself some anyway, so it would be no trouble. Ah, you say, well, if you were going to get yourself some, I wouldn't mind a spot of tea, at that, so long as it's no trouble and I can give you a hand in the kitchen. Then you go through the whole thing all over again until you both end up in the kitchen drinking tea and chatting.
Ireland is not a simple place, and the people who come here are not simple people.
There's no place like Ireland for blowing away the cobwebs and getting a fresh perspective on life.
The land of Ireland is the land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels.
Ireland is a magical place where the fairies dance and the stones whisper ancient secrets.
In Ireland, the past is never dead. It is not even past.
