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“The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live.”
― Angela's Ashes
― Angela's Ashes
“Fences sure are funny, aren't they, Papa?"
"How so?"
"Well, you be friends with Mr. Tanner and all. But we keep this fence up like it was war. I guess that humans are the only things on earth that take everything they own and fence it off.”
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
"How so?"
"Well, you be friends with Mr. Tanner and all. But we keep this fence up like it was war. I guess that humans are the only things on earth that take everything they own and fence it off.”
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
“There would be no work on this day. A day no pigs would die.”
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
“You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace.”
― Angela's Ashes
― Angela's Ashes
“Try an’ try,” he said, “but when it comes day’s end, I can’t wash the pig off me. And your mother never complains. Not once, in all these years, has she ever said that I smell strong. I said once to her that I was sorry.”
“What did Mama say?”
“She said I smelled of honest work, and that there was no sorry to be said or heard.”
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
“What did Mama say?”
“She said I smelled of honest work, and that there was no sorry to be said or heard.”
― A Day No Pigs Would Die
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