You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

Shoes are strange things. If you take your shoes off in a situation in which you're vulnerable, you'll feel 10 times more vulnerable.

You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

I have a strange relationship with time. I'm not aware of it passing.

The greater your powers of self-delusion, the greater will be the apparent efficacy of this untruth.

Ireland was a place for the renewal of hope and I still see it like that.