Tuesday, 7 July 2020

St Edna of Tuamgraney (county Clare)

Asked by The Guardian what was her 'Comfort Read',
Her Irish Majesty, Edna O'Brien, replied
I do not read for comfort. I read to be quickened, enlightened and brought to the frontiers of feeling.

For many quite bright people, however, the quaint Old Testament is Comfort Reading...

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