On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.
Dervla MurphyWhatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity was simply what enabled one to read uninterruptedly for ever.
Dervla MurphyIs this something else our age does - on the one hand make communication easier than ever before, while on the other hand widening the gulf between those who are 'developed' and those who are not?
Dervla MurphyThe Irish have a flair for wringing from death the last drop of emotion and they do not quite understand those who react otherwise.
Dervla Murphy