“The curse of men can't make me defiled.I defile myself if I curse men by intention.”
“You said a curse is only a curse if I allowed myself to me cursed by it. You said... I had it in my power to free myself of any curse - that curses were preludes to blessings...”
“Women are cursed, and men are the proof.”
“Perfection is God; simplicity is perfection. The curse of curses is that men will not let truths like these alone.”
“There's a curse on me as there's a curse on the Larkin name. The curse comes back, again and again, to taunt me! Ronan! Kilty! Tomas! And now me! What are the Irish among men? Are we lepers? Are we a blight? Will there ever be an end to our tears?”
“There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men for this treachery.”