Top 60 John Fante Quotes (2024 Update)
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John Fante Quote: “Are the dead restored? The books say no, the night shouts yes. I am twenty, I have reached the age of reason.”

51. “Are the dead restored? The books say no, the night shouts yes. I am twenty, I have reached the age of reason.”

John Fante Quote: “With my last nickel I went there for a cup of coffee.”

52. “With my last nickel I went there for a cup of coffee.”

John Fante Quote: “It harassed him always, that beautiful snow. He could never understand why he didn’t go to California. Yet he stayed in Colorado, in the deep snow, because it was too late now.”

53. “It harassed him always, that beautiful snow. He could never understand why he didn’t go to California. Yet he stayed in Colorado, in the deep snow, because it was too late now.”

John Fante Quote: “The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.”

54. “The desert was always there, a patient white animal, waiting for men to die, for civilizations to flicker and pass into the darkness.”

John Fante Quote: “A fellow can’t be so bad if he loves a girl as good as you.”

55. “A fellow can’t be so bad if he loves a girl as good as you.”

John Fante Quote: “Nobody crossed him without a battle. He disliked almost everything, particularly his wife, his children, his neighbours, his church, his priest, his town, his state, his country, and the country from which he emigrated. Nor did he give a damn for the world either, or the sun or the stars, or the universe, or heaven or hell. But he liked women.”

56. “Nobody crossed him without a battle. He disliked almost everything, particularly his wife, his children, his neighbours, his church, his priest, his town, his state, his country, and the country from which he emigrated. Nor did he give a damn for the world either, or the sun or the stars, or the universe, or heaven or hell. But he liked women.”

John Fante Quote: “She came with her eyes blacker and wider than ever, walking towards me on soft feet, smiling mysteriously, until I thought I would faint from the pounding of my heart.”

57. “She came with her eyes blacker and wider than ever, walking towards me on soft feet, smiling mysteriously, until I thought I would faint from the pounding of my heart.”

John Fante Quote: “When your weaknesses are your strenghts, you cry. For crying disconcerts people, they don’t know how to handle it; they are expecting violence and suddenly it vanishes in a pool of tears.”

58. “When your weaknesses are your strenghts, you cry. For crying disconcerts people, they don’t know how to handle it; they are expecting violence and suddenly it vanishes in a pool of tears.”

John Fante Quote: “Are the dead restored? The books say no, the night shouts yes.”

59. “Are the dead restored? The books say no, the night shouts yes.”

John Fante Quote: “The cricket was no more, but the power of love had found its way, and I was again myself and no longer a cricket, I was Arturo Bandini, and the elm tree yonder was Miss Hopkins, and I got to my knees and put my arms around the tree, kissing it for love everlasting, tearing the bark with my teeth and spitting it on the lawn.”

60. “The cricket was no more, but the power of love had found its way, and I was again myself and no longer a cricket, I was Arturo Bandini, and the elm tree yonder was Miss Hopkins, and I got to my knees and put my arms around the tree, kissing it for love everlasting, tearing the bark with my teeth and spitting it on the lawn.”

John Fante Quote: “I was a coward. I said it aloud to myself: you are a coward. I didn’t care. It was better to be a live coward than a dead madman.”

61. “I was a coward. I said it aloud to myself: you are a coward. I didn’t care. It was better to be a live coward than a dead madman.”

John Fante Quote: “So what’s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake, so who the hell cares? So I walked downtown, so these were the high buildings, so let the earthquake come, let it bury me and my sins, so who the hell cares? No good to God or man, die one way or another, a quake or a hanging, it didn’t matter why or when or how.”

62. “So what’s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake, so who the hell cares? So I walked downtown, so these were the high buildings, so let the earthquake come, let it bury me and my sins, so who the hell cares? No good to God or man, die one way or another, a quake or a hanging, it didn’t matter why or when or how.”

John Fante Quote: “The sun was bright and the smog an exquisite orange tint as I drove back to Culver City.”

63. “The sun was bright and the smog an exquisite orange tint as I drove back to Culver City.”

John Fante Quote: “And sometimes such great quiet joy came to me that I would turn out my lights and cry, and a strange desire to die would come to me.”

64. “And sometimes such great quiet joy came to me that I would turn out my lights and cry, and a strange desire to die would come to me.”

John Fante Quote: “Sometimes an idea floated harmlessly through the room. It was like a small white bird. It meant no ill-will. It only wanted to help me, dear little bird. But I would strike at it, hammer it out across the keyboard, and it would die on my hands.”

65. “Sometimes an idea floated harmlessly through the room. It was like a small white bird. It meant no ill-will. It only wanted to help me, dear little bird. But I would strike at it, hammer it out across the keyboard, and it would die on my hands.”

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