The West's Awake Quotes

“Napoleon Bonaparte’s remark that history was the version of past events that people had decided to agree upon and”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“without”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“That was why literature appealed to people, she thought. Characters could say things normal humans never could.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“doesn’t do to let your enemies get too strong. We must fight, not just for the Irish Republic, but for women. Never again should a woman be subjugated by her husband, forced to endure horrible conditions, all because he is a man. Along with independence will surely come rights for women,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“whoever you choose, make sure he’s your equal, someone who sees your intellect as something to be admired and cherished, not curbed or, worse, hidden.’ ‘Is JohnJoe my equal, do you think?”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“People crushed by laws have no hope but to evade power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws, and those who have much to hope and nothing to lose will always be dangerous,’ said Harp, half to herself as she thought about Ireland – and Pennington.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“The forces of occupation don’t make friends – they cultivate informers. The British have no business here, and sooner or later we’ll all have to stand up and be counted, every last man and woman on this island, and they will either be with us or against us – it’s as simple as that.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“James Connolly said that the worker is the slave of capitalist society and the female worker is the slave of that slave,’ said the tiny woman as she unlocked the shop door and let Harp out.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And being only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Napoleon Bonaparte’s remark that history was the version of past events that people had decided to agree upon and realised he was absolutely right. It didn’t have to bear any resemblance to the truth.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“All my heart is yours, sir: it belongs to you; and with you it would remain if fate were to exile the rest of me from your presence forever.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“confident not arrogant, funny not cocky, good-looking but not vain.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul, there is no such thing as separation,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Disappointment is the gap between expectation and experience,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“The thrush will survive but only if it manages to stay out of the clutches of the cat there,’ he said, lighting a cigarette. ‘And that takes intellect, skill and a lot of luck.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“it’s hard when you raise them to be intelligent and opinionated and then those opinions don’t align with your own.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Socrates said to know yourself, for once you know yourself, then you can begin to care for yourself.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Her mother had packed each outfit carefully, with tissue paper between each dress to stop it getting wrinkled”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“around here ever again.’ ‘Why on earth would I do that?’ Ralph spluttered, trying to wriggle free. ‘I’m getting married…’ Danny shook his head. ‘Nope. Not happenin’.’ ‘I…I don’t understand. Who are you people? I think you have the wrong person…’ ‘No. You’re definitely the guy. Look, Ralph, it’s like this. Nobody around”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“dressed fashionably and smelled of a woody cologne; he was said to be attractive to women, and he could be charming at times. Yet whenever she looked at him, Harp was reminded of the words of Cicero: ‘Ut imago est animi voltus’ – the face is a picture of the mind. That was true in the case of most people, but not her uncle. She never knew what was going on behind those eyes. It felt like a malevolent force. Of course, to be fair, there were things that Ralph Devereaux didn’t know about Harp either, for instance that he wasn’t her uncle – he was her biological father. And therefore that his brother, Henry, had not the right to leave the crumbling family home to Harp when he’d named her as his own daughter”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Cill Cais’,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Aristotle said that poverty was the parent of revolution and crime,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“But here, as so many other nationalities, cultures and languages mingled and fought for their place, a person’s national identity meant more.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“The just man is most free from disturbance, while the unjust is full of the utmost disturbance.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“James Connolly said that the worker is the slave of capitalist society and the female worker is the slave of that slave,”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake

“Cicero was right – he said that when you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.”
― Jean Grainger, The West's Awake