I had acquired an undeniable mystique - if only to the Bancroft butt-room boys. Don't forget: Miss Frost was an older woman, and that goes a long way with boys - even if the older woman has a penis!
John IrvingTag: mystique
I'll bet every fucking one of your angels is going to be terrifying!
John IrvingTag: angels
It's Shakespearean, Bill; lots of the important stuff in Shakespeare happens offstage - you just hear about it.
John IrvingTag: shakespearean
What would Miss Frost have thought of me? I wondered; I didn't mean my writing. What would she have thought of my relationships with men and women? Had I ever "protected" anyone? For whom had I truly been worthwhile?
John IrvingTag: worthwhile
That's okay," I said. "We're writers. We make things up.
John IrvingTag: writers
Of course, everyone is intolerant of something or someone.
John IrvingTag: intolerance
If you live long enough, Bill - it's a world of epilogues," Richard Abbott said.
John IrvingTag: world-of-epilogues
For seven of the eight years he was president, Reagan would not say the AIDS word.
John IrvingTag: reagan
I didn't try to say the penis word for Elaine. "Cock," I said to her.
John IrvingTag: cock-crow
Because who can describe the look that triggers the memory of loved ones? Who can anticipate the frown, the smile, or the misplaced lock of hair that sends a swift, undeniable signal from the past? Who can ever estimate the power of association, which is always strongest in moments of love and in memories of death?
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