We in Ireland are gifted beyond most peoples with a talent for acting, and in Dublin especially, while scorning culture, which indeed we have not got, we are possessed of a most futile and diverting cleverness.

Perhaps it’s true, my happiest moments are the anticipation of other moments still to come.

There is blood in Mr. Ervine's 'Carson'; he knows nothing about Sir Edward Carson, of course, but his teeth are firmly fixed in the calf of someone's leg, all the time, and he draws blood without a doubt.

Sometimes it seems your ever-increasing list of things to do can leave you feeling totally undone.

Ireland regards sex, when she regards it at all, with an entirely primitive and practical eye.

Motherhood: the days are long, the years are short.

There has been no lack of courage in Ireland; there never is, but even our courage has a fatal quality.