John Millington Synge
Quotes by John Millington Synge
Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.
— John Millington Synge
The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.
— John Millington Synge
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.
— John Millington Synge
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
— John Millington Synge