Even if there were only two men left in the world and both of them saints they wouldn't be happy. One them would be bound to try and improve the other. That is the nature of things. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“a grin that wasn't natural, and that combined in a strange way affection and arrogance, the arrogance of the idealist who doesn't realize how… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
All I know from my own experience is that the more loss we feel the more grateful we should be for whatever it was… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I was a great believer in hot buttered toast at all hours of the day. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I suppose we all have our little hiding-hole if the truth was known, but as small as it is, the whole world is in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
I cant write about something I dont admire. It goes back to the old concept of the celebration: you celebrate the hero, an idea. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
Always in the short story there is this sense of outlawed figures wandering about the fringes of society.... As a result there is in… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
A man and woman in search of something are always blown apart, but it's the same wind that blows them. — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“And what's a-trouble to you, Jackie?" "Father," I said, feeling I might as well get it over while I had him in good humour,… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
“But my dear young lady," he said offering a cigarette, "who ever said I have a poor opinion of women? On the contrary, I… — Frank O'Connor Copy Share Image
