The Road to McCarthy Quotes

“It's always stimulating to visit new places, acquire fresh knowledge and expand your portfolio of nightmares.”
― Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland

“I find myself thinking, and not for the first time, just how useful wilderness must be when it comes to burying a troublesome relative, or a complete stranger.”
― Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland

“Mind you, he looks a bit out of it, gazing around in confusion, as if his sax player’s brain has been removed and replaced with a drummer’s.”
― Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland

“Wherever you go in the world, there will be people to tell you it'll be bigger, stranger, better, more authentic if you take the time to go somewhere else instead; but if you are there, you won't be here. You can only be at one place at a time, and sleep in one bed each night. Sometimes it's good to know where you are when you wake up.”
― Pete McCarthy, The Road to McCarthy: Around the World in Search of Ireland