73 Quotes by John Fante

Arturo Bandini was pretty sure that he wouldn't go to hell when he died. The way to hell was the committing of mortal sin. He had committed many, he believed, but the confessional had saved him. He always got to confession on time — that is, before he died. And he knocked on wood whenever he thought of it — he always would get there on time — before he died. So Arturo was pretty sure he wouldn't go to hell when he died. For two reasons. The confessional, and the fact that he was a fast runner.

When your weakness are your strengths, you cry.

Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche?

It is better to die of drink then to die of thirst.

I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane.

So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one story-writer: a thief.

Come on! Who wants to fight me?

¿Y de qué le sirve a un hombre ganar el mundo entero si pierde su alma?

Are the dead restored? The books say no, the night shouts yes. I am twenty, I have reached the age of reason