"The Snapper" Quotes
A young woman's unexpected pregnancy leads to humorous and heartwarming moments in a close-knit Irish family.
fiction | 224 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
It's not the end of the world, you know. It's just a baby.
I always knew my family would be a laughing stock one day.
Sometimes you have to do what you don't want to do.
You've no idea what it's like to have a father who doesn't give a bollocks about you.
I don't know why anyone'd want to be a mother. It's just a bloody nuisance.
I don't think I could ever go out with a fella who didn't have a sense of humor.
She'd always been the best-looking one in her family. Then she'd gotten pregnant and she was the worst looking.
I don't care what you say. I'm not having a fucking christening.
She knew she was going to have to tell the truth. She'd rather tell a lie, but she knew she'd have to tell the truth.
All of a sudden, she was the mother. And the mother had to be the grown-up one.





