I hold that the beginning of modern Irish drama was in the winter of 1898, at a school feast at Coole, when Douglas Hyde and Miss Norma Borthwick acted in Irish in a Punch and Judy show; and the delighted children went back to tell their parents what grand curses 'An Craoibhin' had put on the baby and the policeman.
Lady GregoryIf the past year were offered me again, And choice of good and ill before me set Would I accept the pleasure with the pain Or dare to wish that we had never met?
Lady GregoryWhat are prophecies? Don't we hear them every day of the week? And if one comes true there may be seven blind and come to nothing.
Lady GregoryMany a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
Lady Gregory