'Years ago the old women spent their lives praying. Now, we get our hair done and play bridge and go to Dublin on the free travel, and we say what we like. But I've to be careful what I say in front of Frank, he's very holy. He got that from his father. It's nice having a son, a priest who's very holy. He's one of the old school. But I can say what I like to you.'
'There are many ways of being holy,' Father Greenwood said.
'In my time there was only one, ' she replied.

Colm Tóibín, Mothers and Sons (London: Picador, 2006), 152.