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Fante Quotes By John Fante: Come on! Who wants to fight me?

Come on! Who wants to fight me? — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: I was satisfied that I had done my

I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Speak to me, Rosa. Look this way just

Speak to me, Rosa. Look this way just once, over here Rosa, where I am watching. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: I felt his hot tears and the loneliness

I felt his hot tears and the loneliness of man and the sweetness of all men and the aching haunting beauty of the living — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Ask the dust on the road! Ask the

Ask the dust on the road! Ask the Joshua trees standing alone where the Mojave begins. Ask them about Camilla Lopez, and they will whisper her name. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: I didn't ask any questions. Everything I wanted

I didn't ask any questions. Everything I wanted to know was written in tortured phrases across the desolation of her face. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By Jonathan Evison: I discovered John Fante when I was 17

I discovered John Fante when I was 17 years old - strangely, not through Charles Bukowski, but through William Saroyan, who was his drinking buddy. — Jonathan Evison

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Oh how I hate you, you filthy. But

Oh how I hate you, you filthy. But you're cleaner than me, because you've got no mind to sell, just that poor flesh. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: The Church must go, it is the haven

The Church must go, it is the haven of the booboisie, of boobs and bounders and all brummagem mountebanks. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: You are nobody, and I might have been

You are nobody, and I might have been somebody, and the road to each of us is love. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Nor did he give a damn for the

Nor did he give a damn for the world either, or the universe, or heaven or hell. But he liked women. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember

Careful, Arturo Bandini: don't strain your eyesight, remember what happened to Tarkington, remember what happened to James Joyce. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Literary criticism is generally bunk. Nonsense. Usually based

Literary criticism is generally bunk. Nonsense. Usually based on self-serving post-intellectual bullshit. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't

Jesus, these Protestants! In my church we didn't sing cheap hymns. With us it was Handel and Palestrina. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: So it happened at last: I was about

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. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: I tell you I always tip. It's a

I tell you I always tip. It's a matter of principle with me. I'm like Hemingway. I always do it second-nature. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: I have wanted women whose very shoes are

I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Look at the people who review. Look at

Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics I would have given up years ago. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: the world was so big, so full of

the world was so big, so full of things I could master. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Her hair spilled over the pillow like a

Her hair spilled over the pillow like a bottle of overturned ink. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: If there is work there is warmth, that

If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too — John Fante

Fante Quotes By Dan Fante: no wonder i let queers suck my cock

no wonder i let queers suck my cock — Dan Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Like my father, I am very impatient. I

Like my father, I am very impatient. I have a strong bullshit detector. I may finish one book in twenty that I have started. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Well, this is good for me, this is

Well, this is good for me, this is experience, I am here for a reason, these moments run into pages, the seamy side of life. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Bandini looked at a patch of blue in

Bandini looked at a patch of blue in the east.
'Pretty soon we'll have spring', he said.
'We sure will! — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: Almighty God, I am sorry I am now

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

Fante Quotes By John Fante: My dear girl. I am equally fond of

My dear girl. I am equally fond of man and beast alike. There is not the slightest drop of enmity in my system. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By Dan Fante: I was a degenerate, with an insatiable capacity

I was a degenerate, with an insatiable capacity for perversion. Incapable of change. I could do anything except not drink. — Dan Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: We were two miles from Bunker Hill, in

We were two miles from Bunker Hill, in the east part of town, in the section of factories and breweries. She — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: With my last nickel I went there for

With my last nickel I went there for a cup of coffee. — John Fante

Fante Quotes By John Fante: When stuck, hit the road.

When stuck, hit the road. — John Fante