Love she had found, had a strange way of multiplying. Doubling, trebling itself, so that, as each child arrived, there was always more than enough to go around.

It was good, and nothing good is truly lost. It stays part of a person, becomes part of their character. So part of you goes everywhere with me. And part of me is yours, forever

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.

She had loved them all, her children. Loved each one the best, but for different reasons.

Follow your heart. It will lead you to where you need to be.

If there is a distinctive Irish experience, it is one of division, exacerbated by the fact that division in a country so small seems perverse. But the scale doesn't matter.

We continually say things to support an opinion, which we have given, that in reality we don't above half mean.

Remember that quitting is always an option, and it's the only one that guarantees a predictable result. Stay in the fight and everything is at risk. Quit and you know what will happen NOTHING!

Thankfully, God's plans also happen to be much better than my own.

So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.

I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.

You have to follow your instinct all the time. Otherwise you don't make it.

There is a difference between giving directions and giving direction.