Protestant women may take the pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking The Tablet.

- Irene Thomas

The cello is not one of my favourite instruments. It has such a lugubrious sound, like someone reading a will.

- Irene Thomas

No matter how you have searched, there will always be one teaspoon left at the bottom of the washing-up water.

- Irene Thomas

It should be a very happy marriage - they are both so much in love with him.

- Irene Thomas