Blindness Quote by John Fante

“    Breakfast was ready. He could hear his father asking for coffee. Why did his father have to yell all the time? Couldn't he talk…

— John Fante

“Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina.”

— John Fante

If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot…

— John Fante

“I have seen them stagger out of their movie palaces and blink their empty eyes in the face of reality once more, and stagger…

— John Fante

“My advice to all young writers is quite simple. I would caution them never to evade a new experience. I would urge them to…

— John Fante

“Then it happened. One night as the rain beat on the slanted kitchen roof a great spirit slipped forever into my life. I held…

— John Fante

Well, this is good for me, this is experience, I am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of…

— John Fante

“She was a hunchback with a sweet smile. She smiled sweetly at anything; she couldn't help it; the trees, me, the grass, anything. The…

— John Fante

I tossed my shoulders and swaggered away, whistling with pleasure. In the gutter I saw a long cigaret butt. I picked it up without…

— John Fante

“Nor did he give a damn for the world either, or the universe, or heaven or hell. But he liked women.”

— John Fante

The bible is a source of great inspiration to me. It is a textbook of metaphysics. Within the bible are keys to personal growth,…

— John Fante

One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Buker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles. It was…

— John Fante