#in

It was a mutual thing. I made a deal with them: I asked them if they did not bring out the place card of Malachi, I would let them have two minutes with each one of my patients. ↗

— Norma McCorvey

#bring #card #deal #did #each

I had no accomplishments except surviving. But that isn't enough in the community where I came from, because everybody was doing it. So I wasn't prepared for America, where everybody is glowing with good teeth and good clothes and food. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#america #because #came #clothes #community

And, of course, they've always condemned dancing. You know, you might touch a member of the opposite sex. And you might get excited and you might do something natural. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#condemned #course #dancing #excited #get

Happiness is hard to recall. Its just a glow. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#glow #hard #just #recall

I admire certain priests and nuns who go off on their own and do God's work on their own, who help in the ghettos, but as far as the institution of the church is concerned, I think it is despicable. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#as far as #certain #church #concerned #despicable

I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#domestic #domestic life #ex-wives #go #i

I think I settled on the title before I ever wrote the book. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#book #ever #i #i think #settled

I'm more interested in writing than in performing. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#interested #more #performing #than #writing

I've been writing in notebooks for 40 years or so. ↗