"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."
-John Millington Synge
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"Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.“
-John Millington Synge
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"It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms."
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"The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind."
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"How sweet it is!"
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"We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack."
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