#ireland

The tune was sad, as the best of Ireland was, melancholy and lovely as a lover's tears. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#music #romance #love

Books of the sages of the ages reflect upon in stages; like honey their words on the tongue give due savour.” {Source: A Green Desert Father} ↗

— Richard Mc Sweeney

#esoteric #fashion #freedom-of-thought #ireland #irish-poet

Out of Ireland have we come. Great hatred, little room, Maimed us at the start. I carry from my mother's womb A fanatic heart. ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#hatred

I think being a woman is like being Irish... Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the time. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#ireland #irish #women #feminism

The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea. ↗

— James Joyce

#irish #lyrical #sea #lyrics

The Irish people didn't get on that well with each other either. They hated the Catholics, was the main issue, as I see. You can't blame them for that. If I understand correctly, Catholics do not believe in contraception. So, you know, sex is not relaxing. ↗

— Jaclyn Moriarty

#contraception #history-of-ireland #sex #catholicism

To be Irish is to know that in the end the world will break your heart. ↗

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

#ireland #irish #apocalypse

Indeed, American companies make three times as much profits from their investment in one E.U. country, Ireland, than they do from all their investments in China. ↗

— John Bruton

#american companies #china #companies #country #indeed

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#europe #even #global #goes #ireland

To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views. ↗

— Joe Elliott

#anywhere #bit #county #four #give