“Brandon is just the kind of man whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to.”
“He was someone whom everyone admired and liked but whom nobody knew. He was like a book that you could feel good holding, that you could talk about without ever having read, that you could recommend.”
“So does nobody care about Ireland?""Nobody. Neither King Louis, nor King Billie, nor King James." He nodded thoughtfully. "The fate of Ireland will be decided by men not a single one of whom gives a damn about her. That is her tragedy.”
“An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.”
“There’s hardly anybody who doesn’t hate somebody now, and nobody at all whom somebody doesn’t hate.”
“One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing.”