The Thorn Birds

     

The Thorn Birds1983

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by the Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda—a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland—the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans th… more »


Dane O'Neill:
Mom, is this you? Oh, you were beautiful.

Meggie Cleary:
Were? Oh the cruelty of youth.

Fiona 'Fee' Cleary:
It was a lovely dress. Blue wasn't it?

Meggie Cleary:
No, Mum, yours was blue.

Ralph de Bricassart:
Meggie's dress was rose. "Ashes of Roses", it was called. And in it, she was the most beautiful thing any of us had ever seen.

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