Kerry Condon Quotes

Claire Thompson The world needs a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit.

Claire Thompson In the forest, every least thing's important. It's all threaded together. So you can't tell where one thing ends and another begins. If you really look at it, the little insects you can't even see, they play a role as vital as the river. The dead tree is as important as the living one. There must be something for us to learn from that.

Dominic Kearney Me, I pay no attention to wars. I'm agin em. Wars and soap.

Siobhan Súilleabháin Dear Padraic, I am safely ensconced in the mainland and, Padraic, it's lovely here. There's a river running past my window as I write, and the people already seem less bitter and mental. I'm not sure why, but I think it's cause a lot of them are from Spain. Mostly, I wanted to say there's a spare bed here for you, Padraic. And with the war almost over, I think there'd be work for ya here. Because there's nothing for you on Inisherin. Nothing but more bleakness and grudges and loneliness and spite and the slow passing of time until death. And sure, you can do that anywhere. So come, Padraic. Leave there.

Siobhan Súilleabháin What do you need from him, Colm? To end all this?

Colm Doherty Silence, Siobhan. Just silence.

Siobhan Súilleabháin One more silent man on Inisherin, good-oh! Silence it is, so.

Colm Doherty This isn't about Inisherin. It's about one boring man leaving another man alone, that's all.

Siobhan Súilleabháin One boring man! You're all fucking boring! With your piddling grievances over nothin'! You're all fucking boring! I'll see he doesn't talk to you no more.

Colm Doherty Do. Else it'll be all four of them the next time, not just the one.

Siobhan Súilleabháin You're not serious. Well, that won't help your fecking music.

Colm Doherty Aye. We're gettin somewhere now.

Siobhan Súilleabháin I think you might be ill, Colm.

Eve Waller The doctor said he is stabilized, and it's about managing now.

Eve Waller I think we should put in a pool cover just to be safe.

Kate McKenna They're saying Sonny Hayes isn't a has-been. He's a never-was.

Mrs. O'Riordan Letter came for ya.

Siobhan Súilleabháin Fell open, did it?

Mrs. O'Riordan Aye, in the heat, I suppose.

Dominic Kearney Howdo!

Siobhan Súilleabháin Jesus Christ, Dominic! Would you ever stop creeping up on people? You almost gave me a fecking heart attack!

Dominic Kearney I wasn't creeping up on ya. I was sliding up on ya.

Siobhan Súilleabháin Between you and that ghoul, Jesus!

Dominic Kearney I always call her a ghoul, too, because she is a ghoul. Jeez, we have a lot in common, don't we? Me and you. Calling old people ghouls and that. It's a great old lake, isn't it? I'm glad I caught you, actually. Because there was somethin I was wantin to ask ya, actually. And discovering how much we have in common... well, it just makes me want to ask you even more.

Siobhan Súilleabháin We don't have anything in common.

Dominic Kearney Don't skip ahead. But yeah, what I was wantin to ask you was... Somethin along the lines of... Should've planned this, really. Well, yeah, what I was wantin to ask you was... You probably wouldn't ever want to, I don't know... to fall in love with a boy like me, would ya?

Siobhan Súilleabháin Dominic, I don't think so, love.

Dominic Kearney No, yeah, no. I was thinking no. Not even in the future, like? Like when I'm your age?

Dominic Kearney Yeah, no, I didn't think so. Just thought I'd ask on the off chance, you know... like "faint heart" and that. Well, there goes that dream. Well... I best go over there and do whatever that thing over there I was gonna do was.

Claire Thompson You just go through what you go through.

Siobhan Súilleabháin You can't just all of a sudden stop being friends with a fella!

Colm Doherty Why can't I?

Siobhan Súilleabháin Why can't ya? Because it isn't nice. Has he said somethin to ya when he was drunk?

Colm Doherty No, I prefer him when he's drunk. It's all the rest of the time I have the problem with.

Siobhan Súilleabháin What's the fecking matter, then?

Colm Doherty He's dull, Siobhan.

Siobhan Súilleabháin He's what?

Colm Doherty He's dull.

Siobhan Súilleabháin But he's always been dull. What's changed?

Colm Doherty I've changed. I just don't have a place for dullness in me life anymore.

Siobhan Súilleabháin But you live on an island off the coast of Ireland, Colm. What the hell are you hoping for, like?

Colm Doherty For a bit of peace, Siobhan. That's all. For a bit of peace in me heart, like. You can understand that. Can't ya? Can't ya?

Lonigan What the hell happened to you?

Fitzpatrick Ned Kelly shot me.

Lonigan He what?

Ellen Kelly Take your rotten hands off me, you bastard!

Kate Kelly Get off her!

Lonigan You're under arrest! I'm taking you to the cells!

Ellen Kelly You're filthy, you mean bastards!

Hubert This Felix, what do you think if him?

Marietta Flynn I don't know. He spends a lot of time in the toilet.

Kate McKenna Listen, let's get this straight. We all lose our jobs if you can't pull off a miracle. The only question here is, Why did Sonny Hayes come back to F1?

Kate McKenna When you look in a mirror, you see this rough and tumble old school cowboy. Doesn't take orders, goes his own way, huh? A lone wolf. Well, I have news for you. Formula One is a team sport. It always was.

Pádraic Súilleabháin They don't think I'm dim or anything?

Siobhan Súilleabháin Dim? No.

Pádraic Súilleabháin You don't seem very sure about it.

Siobhan Súilleabháin Of course, I'm sure about it.

Pádraic Súilleabháin Dominic's the dim one on the island, isn't he?

Siobhan Súilleabháin He is, aye. By miles.

Pádraic Súilleabháin Uh, hang on, by miles. And then, who's the next dimmest?

Siobhan Súilleabháin Well, I don't like to judge people in those terms now, do I?

Pádraic Súilleabháin In what terms?

Siobhan Súilleabháin In order of their dimness.

Pádraic Súilleabháin Well, I know you don't. And neither do I, do I? But try, like.

Siobhan Súilleabháin No! I won't try. There's enough judgy people on this fecking island, so no! You're not dim! You're a nice man, all right? So, move on!

Pádraic Súilleabháin I'm as clever as you, anyways. I know that at least.

Siobhan Súilleabháin Yeah, don't be fecking stupid.

Marietta Flynn How's he gonna get exercise?

Conchita Flynn He can jump up and down.

Eve Waller I used to be scared of pools.

Siobhan Súilleabháin He won't be bothering you no more.

Colm Doherty That's a shame. That's the most interesting he's ever been. I think I like him again now.

Claire Thompson That's where all those myths come from, you know? All those flood stories. All those different religions all over the world. It's just the same story, different slants.