Nobber Quotes

“I have never understood the Norman fascination with paper,’ she says, ‘as though it does not tell as many lies as tongues.”
― Oisín Fagan, Nobber

“The problem with the Gaels is that they are too free, and this freedom, he realises, is their only reaction to the devastating losses they have sustained for almost two centuries, but all these displays of wild freedom are flailing attempts to hide an enormous and smothering anxiety; and anxiety, he believes, is the root of all manmade things.”
― Oisín Fagan, Nobber

“Humans enter available space, regardless of fashion, tradition or superstition,’ William says. ‘And often they invade unavailable space,’ he continues, glancing at de Flunkl.”
― Oisín Fagan, Nobber

“I do not know what it intends to portray [...] but whatever it is that it does portray, it portrays it very mightily. It does not fit into anything, though it does at the same time seem to remind me of everything”
― Oisín Fagan, Nobber