Expect the worst and that's what you'll get only it will be much worse.

And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust of desertion. Still falling where last I loved.

When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder would they know it was me?

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

At the age of 18 I don't think that I thought very differently than I did at the age of 25. I think we instinctively have the knowledge and adapt the knowledge we need.

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

If you're going to love somebody, love somebody who needs it.