The main thing I am interested in is my experience as a teacher.
I am teaching. Storytelling is teaching
I am not living the American Dream; I am living the American fantasy.
A mother's love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Keep her while you have her, You'll miss her when she's gone -- Angela's Ashes.
If you were mean to your parents, they'd give you a good belt in the gob and send you flying across the room.
I'm not one of those James Joyce intellectuals who can stand back and look at the whole edifice... It was a slow process for me to just crawl out of it, like a snake leaving his skin behind.