That Old Country Music Quotes

“In the native way he was tormented now by his own happiness.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music

“Cause of Death: the west of Ireland.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music

“Seamus Ferris could bear a lot. In fact, already in his life he had borne plenty. He could handle just about anything, he felt, shy of a happy outcome.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music

“as Seamus was not himself hideous, he felt he might have a chance in forgiving light. All he had to do was string out the few words right in his mouth.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music

“The Canavans - they had for decades and centuries brought to the Ox elements that were by turn very complicated and very simple: occult nous and racy semen.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music

“But now, in Donegal, in the clear light of summer, I was somehow making amends with myself.”
― Kevin Barry, That Old Country Music