We were born into an unjust system; we are not prepared to grow old in it.
I'm not good enough to be a saint and not bad enough to be interesting.
I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on thesimple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.
Irish Catholics are more interested in the rosary beads than in the rosary.
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else
I think my life will always be worth living, though I don't imagine it being very easy.