Katharine Tynan Quotes

• 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

  Dream, Lying, Thinking

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• The kind need kindness most of all.

  Katharine Tynan

  Kindness, Needs, Kind

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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

  Heart, Rose, Three

  Katharine Tynan (1887). “Shamrocks”

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

  Katharine Tynan

  Drama, Heart, Self

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

  Katharine Tynan

  Trouble, Has Beens, Ireland

  Katharine Tynan (1922). “The Wandering Years”

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

  Katharine Tynan

  Landmarks, Happens, Things Happen

  Katharine Tynan (1919). “The Years of the Shadow”

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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

  February, January, Passing

  Katharine Tynan (1913). “Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences”

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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

  Travel, Home, Holiday

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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

  Ireland And The Irish, Way, Compliment

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• The Irish always jest even though they jest with tears.

  Katharine Tynan

  Tears, Jest, Ireland

  Katharine Tynan (1922). “The Wandering Years”

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• I have always believed that hair is a very sure index of character.

  Katharine Tynan

  Character, Hair, Always Believe

  Katharine Tynan (1913). “Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences”

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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

  Country, Believe, Destiny

  Katharine Tynan (1922). “The Wandering Years”

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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

  Forgiving, Noble, Failing

  Katharine Tynan (1922). “The Wandering Years”

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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

  Looks, Lawyer, Lows

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

  Katharine Tynan

  People, Tricks, Wince

  Katharine Tynan (1913). “Twenty-five Years: Reminiscences”

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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

  People, Dying, Strange

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• Religion dies hard in the Irish.

  Katharine Tynan

  Dies, Ireland, Hard

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

  Katharine Tynan

  Beautiful, Memorable, House

  Katharine Tynan (1928). “The Respectable Lady”

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