"If there's a poster boy for the fact that all essays are written through personae, it's CrÃ¨vecoeur."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

John D'Agata

#Boys Quotes #Facts Quotes #Posters Quotes

“Parents lend children their experience and a vicarious memory; children endow their parents with a vicarious immortality.”
“My mother was the first singer I had contact with. She sang constantly to us around the house, in church.”
“I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?”
“Moms are as relenless as the tides. They don`t just drive as to practice, they drive us to greatness”
“Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking God uses only 'special' people the strong, the intelligent, the beautiful. We don't think He has a place for the rest of us. We are so wrong!”
“These reasonings are unconnected: "I am richer than you, therefore I am better"; "I am more eloquent than you, therefore I am better." The connection is rather this: "I am richer than you, therefore my property is greater than yours;" "I am more eloquent than you, therefore my style is better than yours." But you, after all, are neither property nor style.”
“Life is just a dream on the way to death.”

Source : "The Crow: City of Angels". www.imdb.com. 1996.
“We want to be on the winning team, but at the risk of turning our backs on the losers, no, it is not worth it. So we fight the long defeat.”

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