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Katharine Tynan Quotes
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the way with Ireland is that no sooner do you get away from her than the golden mists begin to close about her, and she lies, an Island of the Blest, something enchanted in our dreams. When you come back you may think you are disillusioned, but you know well that the fairy mists will begin to gather about her once more.
Katharine Tynan

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O, the red rose may be fair, And the lily statelier; But my shamrock, one in three Takes the very heart of me!
Katharine Tynan

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The life in which nothing happens goes the fastest, because it has no landmarks.
Katharine Tynan

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The kind need kindness most of all.
Katharine Tynan

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The trouble with the Irish question always has been that it was an English question.
Katharine Tynan

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There is an Irish way of paying compliments as though they were irresistible truths which makes what would otherwise be an impertinence delightful.
Katharine Tynan

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Often our bad moments are self-propelled ... And the drama is almost exclusively within our heads and hearts.
Katharine Tynan

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I have often heard it said that the Irish are too ready to forgive. It is a noble failing.
Katharine Tynan

Quote Topics by Katharine Tynan: Ireland People Heart Needs February Travel Rose Destiny Forgiving Landmarks Country Noble Happens Lawyer Compliment Lying Dying House Has Beens Dies Tears Self Wince Hair Kind January Holiday Three Passing Home
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I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character.
Katharine Tynan

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It's a strange thing now how people will know they're dying themselves when no one else could suspect anything wrong at all with them.
Katharine Tynan

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It is a horrible demoralizing thing to be a lawyer. You look for such low motives in everyone and everything.
Katharine Tynan

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Drawbacks are good when you are on holiday. If the holiday were too good you might not want to go home again.
Katharine Tynan

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Irish people have a trick of over-statement, at which one ceases to wince as one grows older.
Katharine Tynan

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The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.
Katharine Tynan

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... Hope is at the bottom of the Pandora's box of Irish troubles, and I believe proudly and firmly in the ultimate destinies of my country.
Katharine Tynan

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January has only one thing to be said for it: it is followed by February. Nothing so well becomes its passing.
Katharine Tynan

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Religion dies hard in the Irish.
Katharine Tynan

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To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house.
Katharine Tynan