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The Ginger Man
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"The Ginger Man" Quotes

A young American in post-war Dublin indulges in a life of debauchery and mischief.

Quotes

A man of destiny is always a man of many desires.

J.P. Donleavy

destinydesire

I don't want to be dead. There's something in me still bound up.

J.P. Donleavy

fearmortality

To be human is to be a man.

J.P. Donleavy

humanity

I don't want to be saved.

J.P. Donleavy

rebellion

I'm going to crumble away into nothing.

J.P. Donleavy

fearanxiety

I want to be a poet and a lover.

J.P. Donleavy

aspirationromance

I want to be more human than anybody alive.

J.P. Donleavy

humanityambition

I like to think of my life as an adventure.

J.P. Donleavy

adventurepositivity

You're everything I'm not.

J.P. Donleavy

comparisonjealousy

I'm a man, and I belong to the world.

J.P. Donleavy

identitybelonging