“Gods become myths when people stop believin’ in them.”

“May God forgive you for saying such a thing.”

“Some good things did come out of France, but the place has become unbearably Gaulish don’t you think?”

“They were still in that forgiving time when even their flaws were quaint.”

“Another brave new world beckoned, but Dublin was dubious – too often hope had been trampled down by foreign armies or strangled in dark alleys by the shadows of avarice and graft.”

“His voice evoked the ghosts of those who had paid that price and died horribly. They hovered in the shadows muttering vengeance, but he didn't appear to be affected as he walked and talked. He was at home with the living and the dead.”

“It was great spending the nights with him, but sometimes, she needed a little break from him and the her that she became around him.”