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“My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.”

Hard Father Drink Sat Ruined Icicles

Book:Crying With Laughter: My Life Story

Source: Crying With Laughter: My Life Story

“My father went to work by train every day. It was half an hour's journey each way, and he would read a paperback in four journeys. After supper, we all sat down to read - it was long before TV, remember!”

Way Long Remember Father Hours Half Four Journey Tvs Train Sat Supper

Author:Maeve Binchy

“At a tender age, I commandeered half a quire of foolscap from my father's desk and sat down to write a book. ...I had observed onprinted fly leaves the words "By the author of, etc." ...So under the title of my prospective work I wrote: By the author of "Les Miserables," "The Woman in White," "Dombey and Son," "Tom Brown's Schooldays" and "Our Life in the Highlands," the last-named being an opus of good Queen Victoria. I had not read all these works but they existed on our bookshelves, and I hoped to produce something worthy of comparison.”

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Author:Rheta Childe Dorr

“But wherever I was I played baseball. That's all I lived for. When I sat up on the front seat of that covered wagon next to my father, I was wearing a baseball glove. That showed anybody who was interested where I wanted to go.”

Wanted Next Father Fronts Baseball Sat Seats Covered Gloves Wagons

Author:Smoky Joe Wood

“Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen sat one morning in the window-bay of their father's house in Beldover, working and talking.”

Book Father House Talking Morning Window Sat

Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“There's no greater feeling than people coming up to me and going, "Man, my father was dying, and we went to see Rush Hour, and it was the greatest night we had in years together. We sat in that theater and we laughed for two hours without stopping. That was just a great memory that I had before my father died."”

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Author:Brett Ratner