I Admire Certain Priests And Nuns Who

I Think I Settled On The Title Before I Ever Wrote The Book.

Where Did I Get The Nerve To Think I Could Handle American Teenagers? Ignorance. That's Where I Got The Nerve.

I've Been Writing In Notebooks For 40 Years Or So.

You Have To Give Yourself Credit, Not Too Much Because That Would Be Bragging.

I Don't Absolve My Father Completely Of His Responsibility For What He Did To Us I Feel Compassion, Maybe. He Had His Demons. But I Still Can't Understand How A Man Can Walk Away From Children. And Leave Them To Starve, As We Nearly Did, If It Wasn't For My Mother Going Out And Begging.