MacCaig quotes Flashcards
1
Q
Brooklyn cop quotes
A
“Built like a gorilla”
“The thin tissue over violence”
“What gunshots between Phoebe’s whamburger and Louie’s place”
2
Q
Hotel room 12th floor quotes
A
“That jumbo size dentists drill”
“The wildest of warwhoops”
“The blood glazed on sidewalks”
3
Q
Visiting hour quotes
A
“Green and yellow corridors”
“In a white cave of forgetfulness”
“Fruitless fruits”
4
Q
Basking shark quotes
A
“The decadent Townee”
“So who’s the monster”
“The slime of everything”
5
Q
Assisi quotes
A
“Three tiers of churches built in honour of St Francis”
“the ruined temple outside” (referring to beggar)
“He had the advantage of not being dead yet”
6
Q
Aunt Julia
A
“She was buckets and water flouncing into them@
“She lay silenced”
“She was brown eggs, black skirts”
