Quotes by : John Fante

I stretched out on the bed and slept. It was twilight when I awakened and turned on the light. I felt....

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

She made me a stranger unto myself, she was all of those calm nights and tall eucalyptus trees, the desert....

She had no need in her heart for either book or magazine. She had her own way of escape, her own passage....

Arturo Bandini was pretty sure that he wouldn't go to hell when he died. The way to hell was the committing....

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

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

Come on! Who wants to fight me?

I have seen them stagger out of their movie palaces and blink their empty eyes in the face of reality....

I tossed my shoulders and swaggered away, whistling with pleasure. In the gutter I saw a long cigaret....