I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.

It is increasingly clear that the fate of the universe will come to depend more and more on individuals as the bungling of bureaucracy permeates every corner of our existence.

History is said to be written by the victors. Fiction, by contrast, is largely the work of injured bystanders.

When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.

The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.

Ordinary life bypassed me, but I also bypassed it. It couldn't have been any other way.Conventional life and conventional people are not for me.

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

never forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.

... a country encapsulates our childhood and those lanes, byres, fields, flowers, insects, suns, moons and stars are forever reoccurring.

Promiscuity is the death of love.

In a way Winter is the real Spring - the time when the inner things happen, the resurgence of nature.

Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to provide it

I'll take the stairs instead of the elevator, or when I'm on a phone call, I'll do squats or pace the room when I'm talking. We're modern women! We have to figure out how to make it work, right?

I enjoy every win that I have. Every win gives me satisfaction, because all the girls are competitive and the tour is so even and tough.

If you make a decision, a pact with someone, your friend, you should say, 'I'm gonna do this,' and you should stick to it.

Globalization creates economic policies where the transnationals lord over us, and the result is misery and unemployment.

Opportunity is important but exertion is indispensable.

Far worse it is, To lose than never to have tasted bliss.

Great Britain have won 40% of their medals in cycling. If only there was snooker, darts and a dog show.

Maybe one of the monsters ate him," Daphne whimpered. "That would be awesome," Puck said. Sabrina flashed him an angry look. "Awesome in a terrible, heartbreakingly tragic way," Puck continued.

The aesthetic discussion of photography is dominated by the concept of time. Photographs appear as devices stopping time and preserving fragments of the past, like flies in amber.