Author: Frank McCourt

Quotes

That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.

That's what kept us going - a sense of absurdity, rather than humor.

- Frank McCourt

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.

- Frank McCourt

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

You feel a sense of urgency, especially at my advanced age, when you're staring into the grave.

- Frank McCourt

I never expected to write a book about a slum in Ireland that was going to catapult me, as they say, into some kind of - onto the best seller list.

I never expected to write a book about a slum in Ireland that was going to catapult me, as they say, into some kind of - onto the best seller list.

- Frank McCourt

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

The sky is the limit. You never have the same experience twice.

- Frank McCourt

Every life is a mystery. There is nobody whose life is normal and boring.

Every life is a mystery. There is nobody whose life is normal and boring.

- Frank McCourt

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