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A Cure for Dreams QUOTES

A Cure for Dreams QUOTES

1 " Of course Bridget couldn't afford the trip. Mr. Hoover had been especially rough on Kentucky. but she accumulated more than enough money for her passage. She had gone to each of the children, there were ten, and humiliated them to the point that they sold animals and automobiles and whatever they could find to sell to give their mother money. One son sold half his timber land. She made them feel guilty over not having enough children, not looking after her in her old age, not speaking Gaelic. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams

2 " The man in her dream would ride up and surprise her on his horse…saying her beauty pierced such a great place in his heart. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams

3 " They’ve been married for ten years and no trace of love has rubbed off, not a trace. I wouldn’t know what to do with a man like that. I wouldn’t know what to do with a man who did more than show up for meals. I wonder where she found him. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams

4 " My mother told me a million times that Ireland and the Irish people were special, and that the O'Cadhain family in particular was the most blessed of all because it had been imposed upon without cease since the dawn it sprung up in Galway. For centuries they had been in training to have nothing, so everything was more or less working perfectly according to God's plan. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams

5 " She told me the only way I would be happy on Milk Farm Road with my mother would be to turn off the radio. This would eliminate a great deal of temptation. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams

6 " A woman's name will always suffice, but if you'll keep your ears open in a room with men and women, you'll hear it's the call used least often. "

― Kaye Gibbons , A Cure for Dreams