It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head. Angela's Ashes (1996)
There’s no use saying anything in the schoolyard because there’s always someone with an answer and there’s nothing you can do but punch them in the nose and if you were to punch everyone who has an answer you’d be punching morning noon and night. Angela's Ashes (1996)
I asked my dad what afflicted meant and he said 'Sickness son, and things that don't fit.' Angela's Ashes (1996)
I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words. Angela's Ashes (1996)
He says, you have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. Angela's Ashes (1996)