"Love her as in childhood Through feeble, old……" — Frank McCourt
"Love her as in childhood Through feeble, old and grey. For you’ll never miss a mother’s love Till she’s buried beneath the clay."
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Frank McCourt
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57 Quotes by Frank McCourt
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It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.
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He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and…
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It's not enough to be American. You always have to be something else, Irish-American, German-American, and you'd wonder how they'd…
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People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version:…
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I can't go back. The past won't go away in this family...
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Andy says, I don't understand how they can give loans to people who want to spend two weeks lying on…
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I told her tea bags were just a convenience for people with busy lives and she said no one is…
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I appealed to my mother. I told her it wasn't fair the way the whole family was invading my dreams…
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