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

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

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

Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.

If you never put your life in someone else's hands, then you can't really expect them to put theirs in yours. In the long run, never trusting anyone is a hard way to live.

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?

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)