Long Time, No See Quotes

“...and he suddenly opened his eyes and stared straight ahead into an empty space till slowly we returned into view. I can make small talk, he said slowly, I can do that but out of the corner of my eye I can see the dark approaching.”
― Dermot Healy, Long Time, No See

“Jesus. I had a dream last night too.
You had.
I dreamt that my Grandma had just died yesterday.
Dear God.
And she had died long before I was born.
He looked at me with astounded eyes, and felt his neck, and then he patted my knee. Aisy son, he said.
Why did I dream her?
Because you never met her. The dead you never met die a little bit every day in your head.”
― Dermot Healy, Long Time, No See

“There is nothing more awkward to look at, said Joejoe, than peasants in suits. They don't fit into them.”
― Dermot Healy, Long Time, No See