Patrick Quotes
Patrick Quote of the day
Do you suppose it's true, that St. Patrick was a parselmouth, and his muggle friends never knew?
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
We all have our own battles to fight, and sometimes we have to go it alone. I'm stronger than you think, you'd be surprised.
If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.
I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it.
Americans consider the United States an exceptional nation
And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say.
It’s simply this:the Irish kiss, a snog o’ bliss, be blessed luckfrom any miss.
Be sure to wear greenon March seventeen, or else Irish leprechauns pinch your bones clean!
I shall ne'er chase rainbows again, Knowing no pot o' gold awaits at the end. My Irish treasure is not there. For ye, my love, abide with me here.
Maybe honor was in its twilight. Maybe it had always been heading that way. Or worse, maybe it had always been an illusion.
Harry was a bright boy. And like many bright boys, he had a little mischief in him.
Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself
One lives in the very present moment
The future of fiction? he said. Maybe, she said. Will it have room for, you know, love & stuff? he said. Always, she said. OK then, he said.
How much better a man feels when he is mixed with halibut and leg of mutton and roebuck
Writing out a goal allows us to see it in words. It creates a statement that does not change
Imagine if we were all magical leprechauns, and every wish ever made on a four-leaf clover obliged us to help others obtain their wishes. Now imagine if people simply lived like this were true.
I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.
If I were a woman I should march out with a flaming torch and a sword
Kid's books should be just as good as any other books. No. They should be held to a *higher* standard than other literature for the same reason that we take extra care with children's food.
The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy
A peace that blacked yer eye, ' I say. 'A peace that split yer lip.' He looks at me for another second and then gives a sad snort. “The words of a sage, ” he says, “in the voice of a hick.
Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance.