When Irish Guys Are Smiling Quotes

“How did your mother die?” asked Delk.
“Car accident,” Katie replied, gazing out over the water. “She’d been to mass. A tire blew on the way home, and she was gone. I was nineteen, Pather’s age, when it happened. My brother was only eleven.” She paused. “I do know what you’re going through.” Katie looked at her.
“Pather told you?” Katie nodded. Delk was glad Pather had told his sister; she was relieved not to have to tell the story again. “Does it ever . . . you know . . . get any better?”
Katie shrugged her narrow shoulders and smiled. “In some ways it does, but it’s a bit like running a long race with a rock in your shoe. You get used to it, but it always hurts a little.”
― Suzanne Supplee, When Irish Guys Are Smiling

“Those who’ve known great sadness have a better appreciation for happiness. Those who’ve seen death know the value of life.”
― Suzanne Supplee, When Irish Guys Are Smiling

“Memories, sprang up in the most unusual ways, happy little gifts—as long as you didn’t let the sadness creep in.”
― Suzanne Supplee, When Irish Guys Are Smiling

“For a while children live under their mother’s skin. Then one day in the future, the mother lives under the child’s.”
― Suzanne Supplee, When Irish Guys Are Smiling