“Όλοι έχουμε μοχθηρία μέσα μας, πάλι καλά λοιπόν που υπάρχουν οι τύψεις για να μας εμποδίζουν να ξεστρατίζουμε τελείως.” EmotionsRegretsMeanness Book:The Boy from the Sea Source: The Boy from the Sea
“Ambrose had all the language required to define precisely the meaning of a cloud, the character of a sea, an attitude of rain, but to describe his own emotional weather he was limited to ‘Been better,’ ‘Been worse,’ and ‘You know yourself.’ When Christine first met Ambrose he seemed to have a great way with words but now she knew it was nothing but banter. He’d tell you about himself in a way that seemed spontaneous and open but he only began a story when he knew how it ended.” CommunicationMale Female RelationshipsInarticulacy Book:The Boy from the Sea Source: The Boy from the Sea
“Eunan was against anything without set purpose and complete predictability and a human tended to fail on these requirements… He mocked anything frivolous: placemats, dessert, having a lie-in, suffering from your nerves. 'Get away out of that!' he'd shout at cream cakes and people with hay fever. To him harsh words weren't a bad thing, they were just a little sandpaper, giving a person a hard-wearing exterior. 'I was often spoken to harshly and it's done me no harm, he'd say and no one dared disagree.” IrelandIrishCurmudgeon Book:The Boy from the Sea Source: The Boy from the Sea