Even if you're going to die, you might as well die pretty.

There are fewer and fewer Jews in Ireland, but we still have one of the most famous Jewish characters in literary history, of course, in Leopold Bloom.

I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.

I sit there thinking about how much courage it takes to live an ordinary life.

He might have been naive, but he didn't care; he said he's rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end up another cynic.

The world does not turn without moments of grace. Who cares how small.

That's what sons do: write to their mothers about recall, tell themselves about the past until they come to realize that they are the past.