“Ellis: I wish that I could stop feeling that I want to be an Irish girl in Ireland.
Father Flood: Homesickness is like most sicknesses. It will pass.”
More from Nick Hornby
“The life I want, there's no shortcut.”
“I'd be perfectly happy with a tin of salmon.”
“Nobody does anything worth doing with a degree.”
“I'm trying to work out what makes good things good.”