Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and hollowness and a feeling as close to anger as I will ever be able to imagine.


The Empty Family: Stories (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2012) - ISBN: 9781439195963

Colm Tóibín Quotes

Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and...

Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and...

Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and...

Some of our loves and attachments are elemental and beyond our choosing, and for that very reason they come spiced with pain and regret and need and...