“The question is," Harry whispered, trying desperately to joke, "whether it's better to be dead from the neck up or the neck down," and the doctor smiled, knowing Harry was protecting himself with his sense of irony.” — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
“As he still groped for that one moment, Father Dowling began to think that the whole city for years had been whispering its story… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
“There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he is… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
“The last confession he heard was from a young hysterical girl who seemed to him to be making up a chain of small sins… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribners in New York before I was 30. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
There is only one trait that makes the writer. He is always watching. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
I'm probably better known for boxing with Hemingway than for anything I've written. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
“The question is," Harry whispered, trying desperately to joke, "whether it's better to be dead from the neck up or the neck down," and… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
“His sins seemed to be so few that he was alarmed and groped anxiously for more, knowing he could not be without guilt.” — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
I had my success too soon. Three books published with Scribner's in New York before I was 30. — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
I know it may sound silly, but I think my short stories have a life and identity of their own. They crop up in… — Morley Callaghan Copy Share Image
