Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right- field line. — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
In all my years of New York cab riding I have yet to find the colorful, philosophical cabdriver that keeps popping up on the… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man. — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Early December saw the first of the great blizzards of that year. The wind howling down out of the Canadian wilds a few hundred… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle. — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
“Preparing to go to school was like getting ready for extended deep sea diving.” — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves...… — Jean Shepherd Copy Share Image
