117 Quotes by Edna O'Brien

August is a wicked month.

I always want to be in love, always. It's like being a tuning fork.

For me to write I have to be, a, alone, and b, know that nobody is going to question me. I write the way a thief steals; it's a little covert.

Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.

Writing is the product of a deeply disturbed psyche, and by no means therapeutic.

... we have so many voices in us, how do we know which ones to obey?

I know the mistake I am making. I see the exits in life.

When you fall in love, it is spring no matter when. Leaves falling make no difference, they are from another season ...

Promiscuity is the death of love.