Fortunate Son Quotes

“Geography is a very sticky area. The british made up a lot of it by just swanning in and naming a place, regardless of what the locals were already calling it. History may be written by the victors, but geography is written by the lads with the big maps”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“Can you not arrest him?” asked the older lady from across the aisle, pointing at the walking wardrobe. “Sadly not,” said Bunny, “because, despite my lobbying, being a fecking gobshite isn’t currently against the law.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“It felt as if capitalism might have peaked back in the nineties, and now people were only improving stuff into obscurity.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“When Bunny had queried the price the young fella behind the counter had attempted to explain the revolutionary engineering involved in these undies. All Bunny wanted was to keep his nether regions at an appropriate temperature and an approximate location – he wasn’t trying to land his bollocks on the moon.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“He distinctly remembered promising God he’d give up drinking if He made it stop. He hadn’t.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“But you didn’t. It doesn’t make you the villain, it just means you didn’t manage to become the hero.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“combination of healthy living and near constant scowling means that the only way to effectively estimate the age of the average nun is to cut them open and count the rings.”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son

“Facts are important. You need to get them from a trusted source.
And that's not the Brits?”
― Caimh McDonnell, Fortunate Son