Knock Knock, Open Wide Quotes

“Ah, there was the word. “Family.” It was an old Irish word. It meant: “Do nothing. Challenge nothing. Change nothing.” Ireland was a rocky garden, dig a few inches deep and you found stone; solid and impassable. And carved into its face, as like as not; the word FAMILY.”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide

“Oh,” she said. “I’m sorry. How did he die?” Brian had become very interested in the dirty mugs on the other side of the room. “Ah well,” he said. “He wasn’t a well man. He was very large. Fried food. Nothing but fried food. And of course with the stress of this job, it put a terrible strain on him.” Ashling nodded. “Heart attack.” “No,” said Brian. “No. He shot himself.”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide

“What a beautiful moon. So bright. I see the moon and the moon sees me. God bless the moon. And God bless me.”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide

“Diana, the beloved golden child, had edged out Margaret, the overlooked sister.”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide

“Ah, but this is Ireland,” said the jeweler softly. “There’s more of the pagan in us than we might like to admit, isn’t that right?”
― Neil Sharpson, Knock Knock, Open Wide