Frank McCourt

The author's memoir of his journey from impoverished Irish immigrant to brilliant teacher and raconteur.

A Memoir

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"It's strange to think there are no words for the way i feel unless they're in Shakespeare or Samuel Johnson or Dostoevsky."

"No one is so busy they can't take time to make a decent cup of tea and if you are that busy you don't deserve a decent cup of tea for what is it all about anyway? Are we put into this world to be busy or to chat over a nice cup of tea?"

"I'm sitting up in the bed with my knees pulled to my chest and there are tears that won't come to my eyes but beat instead like a small sea around my heart."

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