"Conversation is the blood of baseball. It flows through the game, an invigorating system of anecdotes. Ballplayers are tale tellers who have polished their malarkey and winnowed their wisdom for years."

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Source : Thomas Boswell (1982). “How life imitates the World Series: an inquiry into the game”, Doubleday

Thomas Boswell

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“like any Irish mother, I am scar tissue to the bone.”
“There is very little in civilized life that demands everything you got intellectually, physically, and emotionally. Driving is living. It's aggressive instead of passive living.”
“None of us come to this earth to gain our worth; we brought it with us.”
“Ineluctably, the insults inflicted in one war call forth new wars of retaliation, which may be waged within months of the original conflict or generations later.”
“I'm not sure that love and like aren't like cats and dogs: One can't grow up to be the other, but they can be taught to live under the same roof.”

Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2011). “Silent to the Bone”, p.53, Simon and Schuster
“A man should be religious, not superstitious.”
“You got to play a hundred and fifty games a year, so pick your spots. You can miss two games a month; so pick the days you're gonna be hurt, or you're gonna rest or you're gonna have a drink or two. The rest of the time, be on that field.”
“What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If Im in a good mood, its got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When Im down, I might find something that I havent worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.”

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