"Studs Lonigan" Quotes
A coming-of-age story that follows a young man from his rebellious teenage years to his eventual disillusionment with life in 1920s Chicago.
fiction | Published in 2001
Quotes
He had always been ashamed of himself, so he had tried to be a man.
There was only one man he respected, and that was himself.
Deep inside Studs there was something noble and good.
You ain't nothin' but a damn fool, kid.
"You just ain't cut out for no school."
"If you want to succeed in this world, kid, you gotta learn to be a wise guy."
"Life ain't a bowl of cherries."
"You gotta have fightin' blood in ya if you want to go places."
He had just begun to realize that a man could get a lot of joy out of being alive.
He was conscious that he was a lonely man.
