Ireland is a land of poets and legends, of dreamers and rebels. All of these have music woven through and around them. Tunes for dancing or for weeping, for battle or for love.

And since I’m marrying into the Quartet, I have certain privileges and duties. If you’re sleeping with Laurel—” “I’m not sleeping with Laurel. We’re dating.” “Right, and the two of you are just going to hold hands, admire the moon, and sing camp songs.” “For a while. Minus the singing.

The very young and the very old often saw what others could not. Or would not.

The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.

Tom: If you love with kindness, even when you can't love with permanence, you'll deserve the one who's worthy along that path for you.

People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced.

And still she felt more confident at the prospect of taking on the Russian Mafia than she did attending a backyard barbecue.