Frases de Frank McCourt (44 citas, página 2)

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Frases célebres de Frank McCourt

“Le diré a Mamá que has bebido una pinta en el ataud de Eugene.”

Frank McCourt libro Las cenizas de Ángela

Citas de sus novelas
Fuente: Las cenizas de Ángela (1996)

“El buen gusto es lo que surge cuando se muere la imaginación.”

Frank McCourt libro Lo es

Citas de sus novelas
Fuente: Lo es (1999)

“Shakespeare es como el puré de patatas, no cansa nunca.”

Frank McCourt libro Las cenizas de Ángela

Las cenizas de Ángela

“El maestro dice que morir por la Fe es una cosa gloriosa, y papá dice que morir por Irlanda es una cosa gloriosa, y yo me pregunto si hay en el mundo alguien que quiera que vivamos.”

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“Es lo que dice mi padre de los hombres que no beben –dice Eamon–, que no son de fiar.”

Frank McCourt libro Las cenizas de Ángela

Las cenizas de Ángela

“Les diría que escribieran una nota de despedida de ciento cincuenta palabras, como si fueran a suicidarse. Sería un buen modo de animarles a pensar en la vida en sí, pues Samuel Johnson dijo que pensar que nos van a ahorcar a la mañana siguiente centra la mente de una manera maravillosa.”

Frank McCourt libro Teacher Man

Teacher Man

Frank McCourt: Frases en inglés

“I know it wasn't the dinner wine that had me against the wall in a fit of remorse. It was the thought of my mother being so lonesome she had to sit on a street bench, so lonesome she missed the company of a homeless shopping bag woman. Even in the bad days in Limerick she always had an open hand and an open door and why couldn't I be like that to her?”

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Frank McCourt libro Lo es

§48
'Tis (2000)

“I'd like to stand up in those classes and announce to the world that I'm too busy to be Irish or Catholic or anything else, that I'm working day and night to make a living, trying to read books for my courses and falling asleep in the library […].”

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Frank McCourt libro Lo es

§29
'Tis (2000)

“I wanted to be the Great Liberating Teacher, to raise them from their knees after days of drudgery in office and factories, to help them cast off their shackles, to lead them to the mountaintop, to breathe the air of freedom. Once their minds were clear of cant, they’d see me as a savior.”

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Frank McCourt libro Teacher Man

Teacher Man (2005)

“If you don't settle down to something very soon you’ll be forty and wondering where your life went. She pointed to the people all around us, happily married, productive, settled, content, having children, developing mature relationships, looking to the future, going on nice vacations, joining clubs, taking up golf, growing old together, visiting relatives, dreaming of grandchildren, supporting their churches, thinking of retirement. I agreed with her but I couldn't admit it. I gave her a sermon on life and America. I told her life was an adventure, and maybe I was living in the wrong century.”

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Frank McCourt libro Teacher Man

Teacher Man (2005)

“I put my books in a bag because I don't care anymore if people in the subway look at me admiringly. I can't hold on to a girl, I can't keep an office job, I make a fool of myself in my first literature class and I wonder why I left Limerick at all. […] I could have read Jonathan Swift to my heart's content not giving a fiddler's fart whether he was a satirist or a seanachie.”

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Frank McCourt libro Lo es

§23
'Tis (2000)

“They know it's a forty-minute showdown, you versus them. … They have you by the balls and you created the situation, man. You didn't have to talk to them like that. They don’t care about your mood, your headache, your troubles. They have their own problems, and you are one of them.”

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Frank McCourt libro Teacher Man

Teacher Man (2005)

“I like the lemon meringue pie but I don't like the way Americans leave out the 'r' at the end of a word.”

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Frank McCourt libro Lo es

§2
'Tis (2000)

“I ate the sandwich.”

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Frank McCourt libro Teacher Man

Teacher Man (2005)

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