Mariana
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“Nor did he give a damn for the world either, or the universe, or heaven or hell. But he liked women.”
― The Brotherhood of the Grape
― The Brotherhood of the Grape
“You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love.”
― Ask the Dust
― Ask the Dust
“I felt his hot tears and the loneliness of man and the sweetness of all men and the aching haunting beauty of the living”
― Full of Life: A Definitive Biography of John Fante and His Los Angeles Muse
― Full of Life: A Definitive Biography of John Fante and His Los Angeles Muse
“If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too”
― Wait Until Spring, Bandini
― Wait Until Spring, Bandini
“Ah, Evelyn and Vivian, I love you both, I love you for your sad lives, the empty misery of your coming home at dawn. You too are alone, but you are not like Arturo Bandini, who is neither fish, fowl nor good red herring. So have your champagne, because I love you both, and you too, Vivian, even if your mouth looks like it had been dug out with raw fingernails and your old child's eyes swim in blood written like mad sonnets.”
― Ask the Dust
― Ask the Dust
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