"It has always seemed to me a great honor to be called an Irish poet. I don't think I will ever lose that, but it's also a great honor to be a woman poet. I put those things together."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Eavan Boland

#Thinking Quotes #Honor Quotes #Together Quotes

“I go to screenings, then plays, then after-parties, then clubs.”

Source : Interview with BWW, www.broadwayworld.com. July 25, 2003.
“The test of any man lies in action.”

Source : Pindar (1959). “The odes of Pindar”
“I admire bull riders for their passion and the uniqueness each one of them has.”
“The book of Revelation says that we no longer need the sun or the moon, for Christ is the light of the world.”
“There's a stone I had made for Luke at the top of the hill road, where the pasture opens wide and the setting sun highlights the words carved into its face. "That'll do, Luke, that'll do." The words are said to working dogs all over the world when the chores are done and the flock is settled: "That'll do dog, come home now, your work is done." Luke's work is done too. He took my heart and ran with it, and he's running still, fast and strong, a piece of my heart bound up with his, forever.”

Source : Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. (2009). “For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotion in You and Your Best Friend”, p.249, Ballantine Books
“Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself”
“I want to get married, but I'm always tortured in relationships.”
“The only way you preserve pitching arms is throwing that makes the arm stronger.”

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