Countries are either mothers or fathers, and engender the emotional bristle secretly reserved for either sire. — Edna O'Brien
I have some women friends but I prefer men. Don’t trust women. There is a built-in competition between women. — Edna O'Brien
My hand does the work and I don’t have to think; in fact, were I to think, it would stop the flow. — Edna O'Brien
Recollection is not something that I can summon up, it simply comes and I am the servant of it. — Edna O'Brien