Scrotes, my Scrotes, you should be here now.

The boy looked up from under his lashes. The color had tipped his cheeks. "I think a little bit of it too is yourself, MacEmm."

"Me? My gracious."

"Though I don't suppose you'd want me fighting about it. But I don't know anybody else I could talk these things with. I used think I'd burst with all the words in my head. I can talk things now. I don't know but it's like we have a language together. It's great with the swimming, but it's better again with the talking. You're a part of my country now too, MacEmm."/>

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" It's silly, I know. But that's how I feel. I know Doyler will be out, and where would I be but out beside him? I don't hate the English and I don't know do I love the Irish. But I love him. I'm sure of that now. And he's my country."

Scrotes, my Scrotes, you should be here now.

The boy looked up from under his lashes. The color had tipped his cheeks. "I think a little bit of it too is yourself, MacEmm."

"Me? My gracious."

"Though I don't suppose you'd want me fighting about it. But I don't know anybody else I could talk these things with. I used think I'd burst with all the words in my head. I can talk things now. I don't know but it's like we have a language together. It's great with the swimming, but it's better again with the talking. You're a part of my country now too, MacEmm. "

Jamie O'Neill , At Swim, Two Boys


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Jamie O'Neill quote : It's silly, I know. But that's how I feel. I know Doyler will be out, and where would I be but out beside him? I don't hate the English and I don't know do I love the Irish. But I love him. I'm sure of that now. And he's my country.
Scrotes, my Scrotes, you should be here now.

The boy looked up from under his lashes. The color had tipped his cheeks. "I think a little bit of it too is yourself, MacEmm."

"Me? My gracious."

"Though I don't suppose you'd want me fighting about it. But I don't know anybody else I could talk these things with. I used think I'd burst with all the words in my head. I can talk things now. I don't know but it's like we have a language together. It's great with the swimming, but it's better again with the talking. You're a part of my country now too, MacEmm." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>