“TreallTabhair dom casúrnó tuago mbrisfead isgo millfeadan teach seo,go ndéanfad tairseachden fhardoras'gus urláir de na ballaí,go dtiocfaidh scraithagus díon agussimléir anuasle neart mo chuid allais...Sín chugam anoisna cláir is na tairnnígo dtógfadan teach eile seo...Ach, a Dhia, táim tuirseach!”

“Seo sam na ivicu kauča i lagano spustio lice u šake bezuspešno pokušavajući da zamislim da te šake pripadaju njoj.”

“Seanabhean is ea mise anois go bhfuil cos léi insan uaigh is an chos eile ar a bruach. Is mó bogradh is cruatan curtha agam díom ón gcéad lá do saolaíodh me go dtí an lá atá inniu ann. Dá mbeadh ’fhios agam go mbeadh a leath, ná a thrian, i ndán dom ní bheadh mo chroí ná m’intinn chomh haerach ná chomh misníúil is do bhí i dtosach mo shaoil.”

“Alam mo ba kung gaano kahirap magpanggap na ok ka lang kahit hindi? Na masaya kahit gusto mo ng umiyak? Na umaasa kang magiging ok ang lahat kahit alam mong wala na talaga?”

“Seo je tužan, osećao da u njegovom srcu nešto umire, da je prazan, da pred sobom više nema nikakve radosti, nikakav cilj. Sedeo je utonuvši u misli i čekao. Naučio je na reci jedno: da čeka, da bude strpljiv i da osluškuje.”

“Jelle, if you really love Guji, you’d be willing to let him go and allow him to be happy with the woman he loves. Walang problema kung nais mong ipaglaban ang feelings mo pero dapat alam mo rin kung paano sumuko lalo na kung alam mong talo ka na.”