Death Quote by Frank O'Connor

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

“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

I was a great believer in hot buttered toast at all hours of the day.

— Frank O'Connor

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

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

No man is ever as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.

— Frank O'Connor

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

A man and woman in search of something are always blown apart, but it's the same wind that blows them.

— Frank O'Connor

No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.

— Frank O'Connor

“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

“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

“But, Mummy, couldn't God make another wars, but bad people." "Oh!" I said. I was disappointed about that. I began to think that God…

— Frank O'Connor