Brooklyn Colm Toibin Quotes & Sayings

She has gone back to Brooklyn,' her mother would say. And, as the train rolled past Macmire Bridge on its way towards Wexford, Eilis imagined the years already when these words would come to mean less and less to the man who heard them and would come to mean more and more to herself. She almost smiled at the thought of it, then closed her eyes and tried to imagine nothing more. — Colm Toibin

Some people are nice and if you talk to them properly, they can be even nicer. -Rose — Colm Toibin

He was delighted by things, as he was delighted by her, and he had done nothing else ever but make that clear. — Colm Toibin

Well, I didn't really know what to say. So maybe I should say that I have thought about you and I like you, I like seeing you, I care for you and maybe I love you too. And the next time if you tell me you love me, I'll
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She stopped.
"You'll what?"
"I'll say I love you too. — Colm Toibin