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Quote by Maeve Brennan

“Home is a place in the mind. When it is empty, it frets. It is fretful with memory, faces and places and times gone by. Beloved images rise up in disobedience and make a mirror for emptiness.”

Quote by Maeve Brennan

Book:The Visitor

Work

In this suspenseful story, a mysterious figure arrives at a small town, stirring up a web of intrigue and unexplained events. more

Author

Maeve Brennan, an Irish-American writer born in 1917 and died on November 1, 1993, is renowned for her unique perspective on New York life and her profound descriptions of urban life. She was a long-time contributor to The New Yorker magazine. more

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