It's a complicated relationship with the place one grows up in, particularly if it's Northern Ireland.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's strange coming back to Northern Ireland, but it feels like a home away from home.
There are two traditions in Northern Ireland. There are two main religious denominations. But there is only one true moral denomination. And it wants peace.
Anyone born and bred in Northern Ireland can't be too optimistic.
For too long, Ireland has neglected its children.
My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland, but Ireland generally.
Why should Ireland be treated as a geographical fragment of England - Ireland is not a geographical fragment, but a nation.
Men, once enemies, are now jointly governing in Northern Ireland. And although there have been several hitches, by and large it's working well.
Ireland's place north and south is in Europe and leading change in Europe.
When people are faced with a choice between the Northern Ireland they have got and the perfect Northern Ireland, they complain. But in the real world that isn't the choice.
The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.