“Whatever you say, I'll manage. I will live out of a water barrel and check the skies. I will learn fifteen types of wind and know the weight of tomorrow's rain by the rustle in the sycamores. Make nettle soup and dandelion bread, ask for nothing.”
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Claire Keegan, born in 1968, is an Irish writer known for her profound emotional depth and delicate narrative style. Her works primarily focus on the lives of ordinary people and their place in society. more
“I am responsible, not only for what I do, but also for what is done to me.”
“Je suis contente de moi, comme ça, plus désirante que désirable.”
“Thinking isn't something you do. Most of the time, it's something that happens to you.”