Today, Nostalgia Is Almost As Unacceptable As

Nothing In Human Life Is Inherently Private.

Irish Fiction Is Full Of Secrets, Guilty Pasts, Divided Identities. It Is No Wonder That There Is Such A Rich Tradition Of Gothic Writing In A Nation So Haunted By History.

Ivory Towers Are As Rare As Bowling Alleys In Tribal Cultures.

A Socialist Is Just Someone Who Is Unable To Get Over His Or Her Astonishment That Most People Who Have Lived And Died Have Spent Lives Of Wretched, Fruitless, Unremitting Toil.

Successful Revolutions Are Those Which End Up By Erasing All Traces Of Themselves.