Irish Linen Fabric

Famous quotes containing the words irish, linen and/or fabric:

    “The Irish ... are the damnedest race. They put so much emphasis on so many wrong things.”
    —Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949)

    “It is not linen you’re wearing out
    But human creatures’ lives!
    Stitch—stitch—stitch,
    In poverty, hunger, and dirt,
    Sewing at once, with a double thread,
    A Shroud as well as a Shirt.”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “Topographically the country is magnificent—and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)