Quotes by : Colm Tóibín

He had grown fat on solitude, he thought, and had learned to expect nothing from the day but at best....

His consolation was that at least he had known her as the world had not, and the pain of living without....

For the first time in years, he felt the deep sadness of exile, knowing that he was alone here, an outsider,....

She has gone back to Brooklyn,' her mother would say. And, as the train rolled past Macmire Bridge on....

Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abru

She noticed then that Conor was watching her.'Are you going for a swim?' he asked her.'In a while. Why....

There will always be reservations, things one must leave out, events one can’t explain without handing....

It is terrible to be an unprotected being.

She thought it was strange that the mere sensation of savouring the prospect of something could make....

None of them could help her. She had lost all of them. They would not find out about this; she would....