"I was not a good father in my first marriage. Although there are ways of deserting the family without leaving physically, I was deserted in my head. I was always out, always in the saloons, always drinking, always messing about."

-- Malachy McCourt

#Father Quotes #Drinking Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“It is to the Riddle of the Sphinx that I have devoted fifty years of professional life as an anthropologist.”
“They say a man should be judged by his enemies. I am very proud of mine.”
“If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.”
“I want your hands on my head.â€ I nod and edge back to make room for him. â€œDoes it calm your racing thoughts?â€ He shakes his head, then takes my hand and spreads it open over his wide chest, his voice textured as he traps my gaze with his. â€œIt calms me here.”
“The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.”
“I hadn't learned to read by third grade, which wasn't unusual for some kids. I knew something was wrong because I couldn't see or understand the words the way the other kids did. I wasn't the least bit bothered - until I was sent back to the second-grade classroom for reading help after school.”
“Has the gift of laughter been withdrawn from me? I protest that I do still, at the age of forty-seven, laugh often and loud and long. But not, I believe, so long and loud and often as in my less smiling youth. And I am proud, nowadays, of laughing, and grateful to any one who makes me laugh. That is a bad sign. I no longer take laughter as a matter of course.”
“Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined.”

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