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" А междувременно имам само тази къща,тази светлина, тази свобода, и ще прекарвам времето, стига да имам нужната смелост, в съзерцаване на морето, ще отбелязвам промените му и звуците, които издава, ще изучавам хоризонта, ще слушам вятъра или ще се наслаждавам на тишината, когато е тихо. И дори в най-дълбоките си сънища няма да летя твърде близо до слънцето или твърде ниско над морето. Възможността за всичко това вече е отминала. "
― Colm Tóibín , The Empty Family: Stories
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" I saw him trying to struggle and call out. But because of the robe, he could not move and his voice could not be heard. I caught his hair and pulled his head back. I showed him the knife, pointing it first towards his eyes until he flinched, before I stabbed him in the neck just beneath the ear, moving aside to avoid the jet of spurting blood, and then, pushing the blade further into his neck, I began to drag it slowly across his throat, slicing deep into him as blood flowed in easy, gurgling waves down his chest and into the water of the bath. And then he fell. It was done. "
― Colm Tóibín , House of Names