My parents were both first-generation Irish Catholics raised in Brooklyn. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes brooklyn catholic generation
A perfect poem you can't pin down and say, 'This is exactly what it meant to me.' It's not a self-help manual. Alice McDermott manualmeanperfect Change image and share on social
It worries me that undergrads and high school students are forced into books they aren't ready for, like Faulkner's, and then they are afraid of putting their toes in the water again. Alice McDermott afraidbookfaulkner Change image and share on social
In grammar school I read 'Act One' by Moss Hart, and being a playwright struck me as the most magical and romantic career anyone could have... But I never did write a play. Alice McDermott actcareergrammar Change image and share on social
You have the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterians, the Wesleyans, represented in each school, and they are each to take alternate days. Charles Tupper alternatecatholicchurch Change image and share on social
I love Brooklyn; it's a part of who you are. Paul Dano brooklynlovepart Change image and share on social
I feel sorry for generations of Labour voters and supporters who must look and wonder what on earth has gone wrong and what Labour is for. Nicola Sturgeon earthfeelgeneration Change image and share on social
