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I'd like to stand up in those classes and announce to the world that I'm too busy to be Irish or Catholic or anything else, that I'm working day and night to make a living, trying to read books for my courses and falling asleep in the library [...].

— Frank McCourt Tis (2000)

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If there was a circle, I was never a part of it. I prowled the periphery.

Teacher Man (2005)

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.

Angela's Ashes (1996)

I like the lemon meringue pie but I don't like the way Americans leave out the 'r' at the end of a word.

Tis (2000)

He is a literary genius. Also the most nonjudgmental decent guy. He forgives.

It’s lovely to know that the world can’t interfere with the inside of your head.

Angela's Ashes (1996)

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