Why did Mama say that? Had Papa made her angry again? He made her angry a lot. Gran said it was on account of his "hores." One time Celia asked Nurse what a hore was, and Nurse paddled her and told her that was a bad word. Then why did Papa have them?

It is better to be blind than to see things from only one point of view.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

Angel? Angels didn't sit on the lap of wicked scoundrels-not unless they were the fallen kind.

Sometimes the way to a man's heart is through his talleywacker.

And in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)

Don’t be silly. Loving is easy. It’s finding someone to love you back that’s hard.