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> [“There's no use asking more questions. If you ask a question they tell you it's a mystery, you'll understand when you grow up, be a good boy, ask your mother, ask your father, for the love o' Jesus leave me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/there-s-no-use-asking-more-questions-if-you-ask-a-question-they-tell/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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## More by Frank McCourt

> [I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-m-not-one-of-those-james-joyce-intellectuals-who-can-stand-back-and/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-admire-certain-priests-and-nuns-who-go-off-on-their-own-and-do-god/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/when-i-act-tough-they-listen-politely-till-the-spasm-passes-they-know/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [Just luxuriate in a certain memory, and the details will come. It's like a magnet attracting steel filings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/just-luxuriate-in-a-certain-memory-and-the-details-will-come-it-s/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/sing-your-song-dance-your-dance-tell-your-tale/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/they-all-went-into-the-bar-business-which-was-a-mistake-because-they/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/my-childhood-here-was-very-limited-so-it-was-a-long-long-time-before/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/we-never-really-had-any-kind-of-a-christmas-this-is-one-part-where-my/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [A lot of people say writers start losing their powers after 60 or 65. But I look at the best-seller list and see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/a-lot-of-people-say-writers-start-losing-their-powers-after-60-or-65/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [“When the dark clouds flutter like bats in my head I wish I could open a window and release them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/when-the-dark-clouds-flutter-like-bats-in-my-head-i-wish-i-could-open/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/shakespeare-is-like-mashed-potatoes-you-can-never-get-enough-of-him/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-just-have-to-proceed-as-usual-no-matter-what-happens-nothing-helps/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [Worse than the ordinary, miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/worse-than-the-ordinary-miserable-childhood-is-the-miserable-irish/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd get along if someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/it-s-not-enough-to-be-american-you-always-have-to-be-something-else/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

> [I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That's what held me, kept me down. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-mccourt/i-had-to-get-rid-of-any-idea-of-hell-or-any-idea-of-the-afterlife/)

[Frank McCourt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-mccourt/)

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