“I won the parental lottery. Most of the kids I grew up with either came from really fractured homes, or really violent ones. I went home to a very traditional, good Irish Catholic family.” HomeKidsGrewGrew UpCatholicViolentTraditionalLotteryParentalCatholic Family Author:Dennis Lehane
“When you don't have kids and you're in a Catholic family - one of my sisters had 10 children in 11 years - she's part rabbit - you feel kind of guilty about that. So, I want to do things for other people's children.” PeopleWantFeelsYearsKindChildrenKidsCatholicGuiltyMy SisterRabbitsCatholic Family Author:Marge Schott
“When I was a kid I went to Catholic school, and they used to drag us out to pro-life rallies and stuff full of crazy people.” PeopleKidsSchoolUsedStuffCrazyCatholicDragPro LifeCrazy PeopleCatholic School Author:Tim Heidecker
“I went to an all-girls Catholic school. And all the nuns just breathed down our necks "abstinence." And that's not the right thing to do. It does not work. Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest. You have to say, "You know what, if you're gonna do it, at least think about the consequences and get protection.” IfsThinkingKnowsDoeMatterKidsSchoolGirlHonestConsequenceCatholicNo Matter WhatProtectionExperimentsBeing HonestThings To DoRight ThingNecksWhat IfNunAbstinenceCatholic School Author:Jenny McCarthy
“The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved” KidsWaitingCatholicSavedDrunkWaiting For Something Author:Conor Oberst
“Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as evil. And once you do that, then it demonizes them. You don't negotiate with evil. You don't sit down at the table with the devil and say, "Okay, let's work this out." What you want to do is destroy evil. Every Catholic kid every night says, or should say, "Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil." And so you've got to go to God to help you deal with evil rather than your State Department or your negotiators.” PeopleWantShouldPersonsStatesHelpingKidsNightEvilDealsDevilOkayCatholicTablesWhat You WantTemptationLabelsDepartmentGood PeopleEvery NightGood PersonBad People Author:Philip Zimbardo
“I went to a Catholic school with 40 kids total. There were no cliques, but I suppose I was the sporty good girl.” KidsSchoolGirlCatholicGood GirlCliqueCatholic School Author:Taylor Cole