Alice McDermott Quotes

I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well.

Alice McDermott

• Life
• Music
• Important
• Real
• School
• Parents
• City
• Poetry
• Listening

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• I believed in fictional characters as if they were a part of real life. Poetry was important, too. My parents had memorized poems from their days attending school in New York City and loved reciting them. We all enjoyed listening to these poems and to music as well.

  

  Alice McDermott
  • Life
  • Music
  • Important