Aoife Quotes & Sayings

Sorry, poppet," I tell Aoife. "I was miles away." "No, you weren't. You're right here." "I was miles away metaphorically." "What's meta ... frickilly?" "The opposite of literally." "What's litter-lily?" "The opposite of metaphorically." Aoife pouts. "Be serious, Daddy. — David Mitchell

I've always wanted to be thrown into the ocean when I die - to be rowed out to sea and thrown overboard into the Atlantic. — Aoife O'Donovan

You're a monster that mothers threaten children with and you're still touchy as an ugly girl in a pretty dress. — Caitlin Kittredge

He's no kind of gentleman.
That's all right. I'm no kind of lady. — Caitlin Kittredge

A touch of truth makes a lie worth believing. — Caitlin Kittredge

I don't care about lasting. I just want right now. — Caitlin Kittredge

I don't belong to anyone! I'm not a thing, to be kept or ordered or driven to such despair that I open my own veins. Look at me, Aoife. Look at me! I'm a woman. — Nicola Griffith

Mist swirled and the Spartoi closed in on the defenseless Niten. Lightning fast, one lashed out at him, catching him a blow on the thigh, and he fell to the bridge with a grunt of pain. He lay flat on his back, looked up at the lizard-like creatures and realized that he was going to die. The immortal felt just the vaguest pang of regret: He had always wanted to die in his beloved Japan and he had made Aoife promise that if he fell in some foreign country or shadowrealm, she would bring his body back to Reigando in the southwest of his country. But Aoife was gone. He would never be able to fulfill his promise to rescue her. And he would never rest in his home soil. — Michael Scott

Niten drew in a deep shuddering breath and the air was suffused with the delicate odor of green tea.
"And Tsagaglalal ... "
"Yes, Father?"
Prometheus closed his eyes. "Tell Niten to find Aoife and ask her the question. Tell him ... tell him she will say yes. — Michael Scott

I could hunker down by myself and listen closely to mixes, but then to be able to have a sounding board of peers to get advice and feedback. — Aoife O'Donovan

Titles are for small people to feel important, and Master makes me sound as if I'm planning world domination — Aoife Clifford

You smell pretty tasty.
Just what every girl wants to hear. — Caitlin Kittredge

The songs came from a more solitary place and I hadn't played them with many people before recording. So I just added the layers of people who are in my life, and built up the songs. — Aoife O'Donovan

I love the idea of birds having human qualities ... I think all humans want to be birds so we can fly. — Aoife O'Donovan

Maybe when I die and I'm thrown overboard, I'll turn into a mermaid. — Aoife O'Donovan

Pain was tertiary. I could feel it later, for any length of time it desired. — Caitlin Kittredge

You might not be riding high on a great show for as long because you didn't have people to share the joy with. — Aoife O'Donovan

I breathed in for a moment, letting his scent of leather and cigarettes and boy calm my ragged breathing. — Caitlin Kittredge

It's not that I literally believe in magic or spirits. In my logical life I absolutely don't believe in any kind of mumbo jumbo. But I do have this belief in the greater magic of the universe. — Aoife O'Donovan

Niten's eyes didn't move, but a trace of a smile curled his lips. "I do not need my eyes to tell me where I'm going." "I have no idea what that means," Josh said. "Is it like some sort of ninja trick?" Niten shot Josh a warning look. "Whatever you do, don't mention-" It was too late. In the backseat Aoife stirred. "Ninjas," she spat. "Why is everyone so obsessed with ninjas? They were never that good. And they were cowards, sneaking around in their black pajamas, stabbing their victims with poisoned darts. I hate ninjas-they have no honor. — Michael Scott

Five years later, I take a deep, shuddery breath to stop myself crying. It's not just that I can't hold Aoife again, it's everything: It's grief for the regions we deadlanded, the ice caps we melted, the Gulf Stream we redirected, the rivers we drained, the coasts we flooded, the lakes we choked with crap, the seas we killed, the species we drove to extinction, the pollinators we wiped out, the oil we squandered, the drugs we rendered impotent, the comforting liars we voted into office - all so we didn't have to change our cozy lifestyles. — David Mitchell

I really am planning on living to be 100. People ask, "Why are you so depressed?" I'm actually a very happy person. — Aoife O'Donovan

Aoife, in her dreams, makes a noise like a friendless harmonica. — David Mitchell

Performing alone - it's a very solitary experience. When you're in a band, when something amazing happens on stage you can look at each other, "Yeah! we're so locked in." Or if something goes wrong, you can look at each other and shrug and say, "Oops." If you're doing it by yourself, you reflect on it in a completely different way. — Aoife O'Donovan

When I sang the line, 'Songs about Old Ireland.Songs about being young again.I wish I was young again,' twice people cried. I saw them. — Aoife O'Donovan

Same if you had a bad show, it just rolls off you more easily. — Aoife O'Donovan

My relationship to all my family in Ireland is more to family as a whole. It wasn't that we had a very specific one-on-one relationship. — Aoife O'Donovan

It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it. — Aoife O'Donovan

You can't give up on me. If you give up, then I'm going to break into a million pieces.
I'm here. I'll give you everything I've got. — Caitlin Kittredge

I think the consistency comes from the parts. — Aoife O'Donovan

I've always been fascinated by flight and the freeness of birds. — Aoife O'Donovan

I just think when extraordinary people are discovered, extraordinary exceptions should be made. " ~ Sarajane From Eden Forest (Part one of the Saskia Trilogy) — Aoife Marie Sheridan

I met an immortal humani once, a man called William Shakespeare, who wrote that there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so. -Aoife the Shadows — Michael Scott