Frank McCourt

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#mind #poverty #intelligence

I don't know what it means and I don't care because it's Shakespeare and it's like having jewels in my mouth when I say the words. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#beauty

The master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith and Dad says it’s a glorious thing to die for Ireland and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world who would like us to live. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#survival #faith

After a full belly all is poetry. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#hunger #food

They can afford to smile because they all have teeth so dazzling if they dropped them in the snow they'd be lost forever. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#humor

Your mind is a treasure house that you should stock well and it’s the one part of you the world can’t interfere with. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#power #self #education

They said her duck recipe and the Chinese music were so dramatic everything else sounded anemic. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#chinese #drama #humor #music #music

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 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

We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely. ↗

— Frank McCourt

#christmas #completely #fails #had #kind