“When the thousands of people sang the national anthem, with their right hands over their chest, I cried. It was as if we were singing about an America that we wanted but didn't have, especially the part about the land… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“But the general feeling in the neighborhood was that school was for suckers. The dropouts were the ones who said that the most, and of course they usually looked as if they were having the most fun, wearing the best clothes, and making the most loot from drugs and petty scams. Ma said Kathy was starting to get into the… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share
“Look, he's just in another form! Do you understand?" Ma explained. I didn't know where she was going with it. The old man Wren looked down and gripped her hand, unable to say anything. Ma said, "Look! You know how you've taken many forms in this life?" He looked up again. "First you were a baby. Then you were a… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share
“I remember hating having to cross over the Broadway Bridge again, having to leave the peninsula neighborhood and go back to my apartment in… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“It’s funny, I thought, how the people who seem the meanest, the people we want nothing to do with, might be in the most… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“When I started doing community organizing in Boston's neighborhoods, working on all the issues that had affected my family - violence, poverty, guns -… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I stared at them for a good long time, wondering if they didn’t know how to use their wings, of if they just didn’t… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“When the thousands of people sang the national anthem, with their right hands over their chest, I cried. It was as if we were… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Someone told me you were worshipping the devil with the punk rocks!" he said, opening the jug. Ma walked into the apartment, and Grandpa… — Michael Patrick MacDonald Copy Share Image
