Famous Edna OBrien Quotes

  • In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things. – Edna OBrien

    In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things.– Edna OBrien

  • If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin – Edna OBrien

    If the Holy Communion touched my teeth, I thought that was a mortal sin– Edna OBrien

  • When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious. – Edna OBrien

    When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. Maimed, stark and misshapen, but ferociously tenacious.– Edna OBrien

  • I was lonelier than I should be, for a woman in love, or half in love. – Edna OBrien

    I was lonelier than I should be, for a woman in love, or half in love.– Edna OBrien

  • The words ran away with me. – Edna OBrien

    The words ran away with me.– Edna OBrien

  • Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment. – Edna OBrien

    Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.– Edna OBrien