Brooklyn Quote by Frank McCourt Download Open image “My sister died in Brooklyn.” — Frank McCourt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Brooklyn Died Sister Sisters
I was a twenty-two-year-old single white female alone in a strange country where my sister had been killed. — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
My life in Brooklyn was in constant danger because of my bad health. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
I always went to my sister, because she was older and had the care of me after my mother died. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
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,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Just luxuriate in a certain memory, and the details will come. It's like a magnet attracting steel filings. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back,… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
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… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
“When the dark clouds flutter like bats in my head I wish I could open a window and release them.” — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't… — Spike Lee Copy Share Image
I love the little garden in the back of my family's brownstone in Brooklyn. Digging out there in the dirt is a joy for… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Brooklyn, where I grew up, is a competitive burg - there's always a pretty boy around the corner there, and you gotta look better… — Theophilus London Copy Share Image
Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything. — Neil Diamond Copy Share Image
My childhood here... was very limited. So it was a long, long time before I actually went out to Brooklyn. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
My father grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., with my grandparents. In Norwegian my name is pronounced 'Yoo' but my father used to call me… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Comparing the Brooklyn that I know with Manhattan is like comparing a comfortable and complacent duenna to her more brilliant and neurotic sister. — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
We wept, Brooklyn was a lovely place to hit. If you got a ball in the air, you had a chance to get it… — Duke Snider Copy Share Image
Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how… — Wolfman Jack Copy Share Image
