Anna McPartlin Quotes

Ireland, Novelist
1972

Anna McPartlin is an Irish novelist. Her novel Pack Up the Moon (2006) was her debut feature. Anna McPartlin was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1972. As a teenager she grew up with her aunt and uncle as a fosterling in Kenmare, County Kerry. She studied marketing before working as a stand-up comedian. Her novels (since 2006) were translated into German. She is married and lives in Dublin.

Deep down she had known that he loved what she represented rather than who she was.

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- Loved
- Known
- Represented
She was drawn to damaged souls like a moth to a flame.

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- Souls
- Flame
- Moth

The emptiness made her insides ache.

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- Emptiness
- Ache
- Insides
People wasted so much time seeking out the love of their lives in the shape of a partner, when the truth was that for most the real loves of their lives were their children – and everyone else was dispensable.

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- People
- Time
- Children
“You drive me crazy!" "You were always crazy. I just highlight it.”

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- Crazy
- Always
- Highlight
After night comes day. After death comes life. Even at your darkest time look around because you are never really alone. You are loved.

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- Life
- Death
- Night
Suddenly they were dancing, holding each other tight, moving in circles that symbolised their relationship, both afraid to let go, both willing the song to continue while silently their insides tore.

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It's funny how the world works, how we win and lose, how we can never really know what's ahead though we never stop planning. How we survive and move on. There's a sadness that comes with survival, but also more joy to be had.

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- Joy
- Survival
- Move

Only one person in the room didn't cry that day and it was the man hunched on a chair, singing passionately from the darkest corners of his soul.

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- Soul
- Person
- Cry
But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save.

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- Pain
- Destroy
- Save