Happy as a threaded needle Auteur: Joseph O'Connor Copy Quote More from Joseph O'Connor “The English possessed as many words for stealing as the Irish had for seaweed o…” “The world's full of idiots, divas and assholes, mainly in Ireland. In Ireland, …” “But why would they do that? What is to be asked? He was a man who sees into thi…” “Everything is in the way the material is composed.”