it is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night.
Edna O'BrienI am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness.
Edna O'Briennever forget this moment, the hum of the bee, the saffron threads of the flower, the drawn blinds, nature's assiduousness and human cruelty.
Edna O'Brien